Award-winning American author to team up with South African crime writer

James Patterson, American author popularly known for his Alex Cross series is teaming up South African crime writer Jassy Mackenzie.

According to BooksLive South Africa, Mackenzie will contribute a book to James Patterson’s imprint BookShots, which will produce page-turning, novella-length stories, aims to change the way readers consume books.

“BookShots are designed to help people fit reading into their busy lives,” Patterson says.

“They’re stories that you can devour in an hour or two, and that will keep you engaged throughout. People will want to pick one of these up because they won’t be intimidated by the length, or ever bored by the plot.”

Mackenzie who is very popular in South Africa is the author of five thrillers. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and an International Thriller Award.

Mackenzie’s BookShot will be titled 26 Degrees South and is set in Johannesburg, where she lives. A publication date has yet to be fixed. BooksLive South Africa added.

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