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Patricia Cornwell

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Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. At her first signing, held during a lunch break from the morgue, Patricia sold no copies of Postmortem and fielded exactly one question – an elderly woman asked her where she could find the cookbooks.

Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize – the first book ever to claim them all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell’s books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She’s authored twenty-three New York Times bestsellers.

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Average rating: 3.80 · 500,177 ratings · 14,605 reviews · 68 distinct works · Similar authors
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 76,433 ratings — published 1990 — 31 editions
Cruel and Unusual (Kay Scar...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 43,545 ratings — published 1993 — 81 editions
The Body Farm (Kay Scarpett...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 31,629 ratings — published 1994 — 81 editions
Body of Evidence (Kay Scarp...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 30,823 ratings — published 1991 — 74 editions
All That Remains (Kay Scarp...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 27,550 ratings — published 1992 — 74 editions
Point of Origin (Kay Scarpe...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 26,768 ratings — published 1998 — 60 editions
From Potter's Field (Kay Sc...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 25,122 ratings — published 1995 — 78 editions
Unnatural Exposure (Kay Sca...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 24,265 ratings — published 1997 — 72 editions
Cause of Death (Kay Scarpet...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 22,256 ratings — published 1996 — 73 editions
Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, #12)
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 19,351 ratings — published 2003 — 69 editions
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“Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it.”
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“rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.”
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“I wouldn't want to assume that all men are like you. If I did, I know I would give them up entirely”
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