Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell’s
forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta is based on Patricia
herself. They both worked in forensic science and both had difficult
relationships with their fathers. Scarpetta is intense and passionate about her
work but has problems with relationships, both qualities that create an
underlying tension as well as bring a kind of relief from the often gory details
of forensic pathology.There are a total of
fourteen Dr. Kay Scarpetta books, the last one, Predator, was published in 2005.
Cornwell’s first
novel, Postmortem, won the Edgar, John Creasey, Anthony and MacAvity
awards, and the Prix du Roman d’Adventure in one year. She was named Author of
the Month in November, 2003. She is the only woman in the United States to win England’s Gold Dagger award.
Cornwell has written other books besides the
Scarpetta Series. Her most recent is Portrait
of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed. At Risk was published in 2006. An earlier lighter series stars protagonist Andy Brazil, a reporter for the Charlotte Reporter, who along with Police Chief Judy Hammer and her Deputy Chief Virginia West, solves crimes in Hornet's Nest, Southern Cross, and Isle of Dogs.
She grew up in North Carolina but now splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
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