Patricia Cornwell
Author of Postmortem
About the Author
Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida on June 9, 1956. When she was nine years old, her mother tried to give her and her two brothers to evangelist Billy Graham and his wife to care for. For a while the children lived with missionaries since their mother was unable to care for them. After show more graduating from Davidson College in 1979, she worked for The Charlotte Observer eventually covering the police beat and winning an investigative reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for a series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. Her award-winning biography of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, A Time for Remembering, was published in 1983. From 1984 to 1990, she worked as a technical writer and a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. While working for the medical examiner, she began to write novels. Although the award-winning novel Postmortem was initially rejected by seven different publishers, once it was published in 1990 it became the only novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Adventure, in one year. She is the author of the Kay Scarpetta series, the Andy Brazil series, and the Winston Garano series. She has also written two cookbooks entitled Scarpetta's Winter Table and Food to Die For; a children's book entitled Life's Little Fable; and non-fiction works like Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Volume Two: Postmortem | Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] (2006) 14 copies
Five Scarpetta Novels (Cause of Death, Unnatural Exposure, Point of Origin, Black Notice, and Trace) (2011) 8 copies
Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, The Body Farm, From Potter's Field, Cause of… (2007) 5 copies
7 Patricial Cornwell Books--Portrait Of A Killer,Predator,Cause of Death,Isle of Dogs,Body of Evidence,Cause of… (2003) 2 copies
Identity Unknown 2 copies
Second Chance Tuesday 2 copies
NE RREZIK 1 copy
Link 1 copy
Cadavere Non Identificato 1 copy
Spin 1 copy
Kay Scarpetta Series 11-15: 5 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator,… (2020) 1 copy
Elore megfontolt szandekkal 1 copy
Split Image (2010) 1 copy
Touch of Darkness 1 copy
Star Quest 1 copy
Konseki 1 (痕跡 上) 1 copy
Personalities along the track...: Gladstone's tribute to our railway workers (2001) — Editor — 1 copy
Harlequin 1 copy
The Last Precinct / Predator 1 copy
Trace / Predator 1 copy
Cornwell Patricia 1 copy
Book 4 1 copy
Scarpetta, Part 1 1 copy
Scarpetta, Part 2 1 copy
Konseki 2 (痕跡 下) 1 copy
Predator, Part 1 1 copy
Predator, Part 2 1 copy
Scarpetta Series Books 1-6, by Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel & Unusual, The… (1990) 1 copy
8 Volume Collection (Set) of Patricia Cornwell Novels Including: Scarpetta, Cause of Death, Southern Cross, the Front,… (1995) 1 copy
Kay Scarpetta Series 6-15: 10 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (From Potter's Field, Cause Of Death,Unnatural… (2020) 1 copy
Portrait of a Killer 1 copy
Lavoura de Corpos 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies
Time Life Book Digest: It Doesn't Take a Hero / All That Remains / Honest Illusions / Double Deuce (1992) 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Cornwell, Patricia Carroll Daniels
- Other names
- קורנוול, פטרישה דניאלס
- Birthdate
- 1956-06-09
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- Miami, Florida, USA (birth)
Montreat, North Carolina, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Davidson College (BA | 1979 | English)
- Occupations
- reporter
technical writer (Office of Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia)
computer analyst - Relationships
- Gruber, Staci (spouse)
- Short biography
- Her first crime novel, Postmortem, was published by Scribner’s in 1990. Initially rejected by seven major publishing houses, it became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year. In Postmortem, Cornwell introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta as the intrepid Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1999, Dr. Scarpetta herself won the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author
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