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Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on ...
Kay Scarpetta is a fictional character inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro MD (retired). [1] She is the protagonist in a series of crime novels written by Patricia Cornwell noted for its use of recent forensic technology in Scarpetta's investigations.
Sarah Andrews (died 2019) Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969) Kate Atkinson (born 1951) Rosemary Aubert (born 1946) Bunty Avieson (born 1962) Marian Babson (pseudonym for Ruth Marian Stenstreem) (1929–2017) Deb Baker (born 1953) Jo Bannister (born 1951) Linda Barnes (born 1949) Nevada Barr (born 1952) Lynne Barrett; Belinda Bauer (born 1962 ...
A master of the forensic medicine mystery genre, Patricia Cornwell can take a reader from unsolved crime to resolution in 500 pages or fewer. But it's taken four years for Cornwell to solve her ...
Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell's first novel, was published in 1990 following advice from editors at Mysterious Press to dump the then-male central character and to expand the character of Kay Scarpetta. [5] The novel was a major success and won numerous literary awards. [5] [6]
In 1994, when Patricia Cornwell published her best-selling mystery novel "The Body Farm," few people outside Tennessee had ever heard the term, let alone knew what a "body farm" was.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Patricia Cornwell: b. 1956 American Author B [392] Lauro Corona: 1957–1989 Brazilian Actor G [393] Sergio Coronado: b. 1970 Chilean-French Politician G [394] Angélica Lozano Correa: b. 1975 Colombian Lawyer, politician; 1st lesbian elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia L [395] Vanina Correa: b. 1983 Argentine Footballer L [396]