Maxine paetro author biography

I began writing first-person adventure stories for many magazines, including Self, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health and New Woman.
Maxine Paetro is an American author who has been published since 1979.
Maxine Paetro, formerly an advertising executive, began her writing career with a series of contributions to women's magazines.

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Maxine Paetro

My life has been a jumbled succession of accidents and incidents, tough luck, dumb luck, good breaks, and damned good breaks fueled by curiosity, fear, naivete, determination, and optimism.

In the late ‘60s, after two years of college – I dropped out — and after a year living and working as a shop-girl in London, I moved to New York and got a good dog, a walk-up apartment in the Village and like my father, I went into sales. From carrying 25 lb. electronic calculators through the meat market on Gansevoort Street in all kinds of weather, I realized that I would like sales better if I worked at a desk indoors.

I became a headhunter and recruiter and was assigned to a territory. My new specialty was finding jobs for “advertising agency creative people.” That job was one of those dumb luck things because I knew very little about advertising. But I took to it, made placements and new friends in advertising, and became an expert.

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This was a turning point in my career. I was hired by a large advertising agency to recruit creat

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Maxine Paetro

Love, Secrets, and Second Chances—February’s Must-Read Books Await!

Blogging at Fresh Fiction

Maxine Paetro | Collaboration
July 17, 2009
When I was the creative department manager of several top ad agencies, the part of my job that I found most rewarding was hiring creative Read More...

Maxine Paetro collaborates with best–selling author James Patterson, co–writing The 4th Of July, The 5th Horseman, The 6th Target, The 7th Heaven, The 8th Confession, The 9th Judgment, 10th Anniversary and The 11th Hour, just released in May 2012. All are New York Times #1 best–sellers in the Women's Murder Club Series. Patterson/Paetro collaboration, New York Times #1 bestseller Swimsuit, was released on June 27, 2009. A first–class thriller, Swimsuit has been called "This generation's Silence of the Lambs." Paetro also collaborates with Patterson in their new series, Private, which debuted in January 2011. Their latest entry in this series, Private, #1 Suspect, was published in January 2012. Paetro has tea

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Paetro, Maxine 1946-

PERSONAL:

Born April 19, 1946, in Miami, FL; daughter of Samuel P. and Madeline J. Paetro. Education: Attended Jacksonville University.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New York, NY. Agent—Tracy Fisher, William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

CAREER:

Formerly served as executive vice president and director of creative Operations, Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising; manager of creative department at Ogilvy & Mather, New York City; vice president and associate manager of creative services at Young & Rubicam, New York City; vice president and manager of creative department at Foote, Cone & Belding Communications, Inc., New York City; DFS/Dorland Worldwide (advertising agency), New York City, vice president and director of creative operations, 1981-87.

MEMBER:

Authors Guild, Art Directors Club, One Club for Copy and Art.

WRITINGS:

How to Put Your Book Together and Get a Job in Advertising, Executive Communications, 1979.

Manshare (novel), M. Evans (Lanham, MD), 1986.

Babydreams (novel), Simon & Schuster (New Yor