Staffers at five Mississippi bookstores are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson, the bestselling novelist who has been awarding independent store employees since 2015.
“Booksellers save lives. Period,” Patterson said in a statement released Tuesday through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. “I’m happy to be able to acknowledge them and all their hard work this holiday season.”
The winners were nominated by co-workers and customers, among others, in his annual bonus giveaway. Patterson chose the winners from thousands of applications…