The first Dr Kay Scarpetta Mystery, which won five international awards when it was first published.
The first Dr Kay Scarpetta Mystery, which won five international awards when it was first published.
In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while
working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond,
Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar,
Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, as well as the French Prix
du Roman d'Aventures - the first book ever to claim all these
distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international
phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award
for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger
Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the
Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and
artistic development.
Today, Cornwell's novels and iconic characters are known around the
world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the
definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper's identity,
cookbooks, a children's book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and three
other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano, Andy
Brazil, and Captain Calli Chase. Cornwell continues exploring the
latest space-age technologies and threats relevant to contemporary
life. Her interests range from the morgue to artificial
intelligence and include visits to Interpol, the Pentagon, the U.S.
Secret Service and NASA.
Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North
Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.
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