How in the world did James Patterson get this many books published in one year?

Patterson works with a variety of co-authors,

Therefore we have no idea as to how much of any publication is actually a work, in major, by Patterson himself.

His name *Might* just be part of the sales agreement, for profitability.

He is a fast writer, just saying

James Patterson doesn't actually write his books.

He sketches out seventy pages or so of a plot and character descriptions, then he uses a ghost writer.

It should be obvious that no one person can write that many novels in a year. He runs,basically a book mill, with many authors completing work to his outlines, or with his help, editing, or at least, approval. Only a few titles are ever written entirely by himself

He does not spend a lot of time asking questions on YA!

A better question is "Who's reading them?" They're all irredeemable rubbish.

LOL He's a very, very good writer. All he does is write. That's his hobby. He breathes writing. Don't you have a hobby and wish you could do that hobby all day long?

Writing is his job. His mind is always on go.

I use to draw A LOT in a week. I was always drawing. Day, night, late night, early morning. I never stopped. That's how much I like drawing. Just like how much Mr. Patterson likes writing.

He doesn't actually write many of these - his name is on the front cover, as it sells the books, but he uses loads of "co-authors" and they're the ones who do almost all of the writing.

cause he got lucky probably

Aren’t many of those collaborations.