"The opportunity to work with the most successful writer in the world, and that title belongs to James Patterson alone, has been an enormous privilege, but also an education." And not only that, I'm being paid for it," Allen said. And it is the kind of experience that money can't buy. "He has taught me more than I can even tell you. That novel was the first in her "Code of the Hills" series, which is a legal thriller and mystery set in the Missouri Ozarks.Īllen calls herself a "self-taught" writer but credits much of what she has learned to her collaborations with Patterson.
And so one day I decided I was going to write," she said. "I had always wanted to write a novel because I was an English major back when I got my degree at MSU in the 1970s. More: 'We have a lack of knowledge' - Missouri State diversity chief shares Springfield's Black historyĪllen said she celebrated her success by "going out on the town" in Springfield with her husband, who she credited with convincing her to make the leap into writing after a career in law.Īs a lawyer, Allen served as assistant Green County prosecutor before teaching at Missouri State University.Īllen said she didn't start writing fiction until her 50s. But this time, now that it has happened for the second time in 2021, I'm able to enjoy it more."Ĭo-written by bestseller James Patterson, "The Jailhouse Lawyer" was only beat out by Liane Moriarty, author of "Big Little Lies."Īllen's previous bestseller "Juror #3" was also co-written by Patterson, who has sold more than 300 million copies of his books - making him one of the most successful authors of all-time. 1, the experience was hard to get my head around it. "It is different because when it happened in 2018, I was so bowled over by making No.
Three years after topping the New York Times bestseller list, Springfield author Nancy Allen made the list again this week - this time at the No. 2 spot for her legal thriller "The Jailhouse Lawyer."
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