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Mary Higgins Clark

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born
December 24, 1927 in Bronx, New York, The United States

gender
female

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


About this author

Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. Each of her twenty-four suspense novels has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remain in print as of 2007, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are The Children, in its seventy-fifth printing.

Clark began writing at an early age. After several years working as a secretary and copy editor, Clark spent a year as a stewardess for Pan-American Airlines before leaving her job to marry and start a family. She supplemented the family's income by writing short stories. After her husband died in 1959, Clark worked for many years...more


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Average rating: 3.70 · 217,837 ratings · 10,053 reviews · 233 distinct works
Where Are the Children?
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 12,818 ratings — published 1975 — 16 editions
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Loves Music, Loves to Dance
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 10,428 ratings
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While My Pretty One Sleeps
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 9,258 ratings — published 1989
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Two Little Girls in Blue
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 9,242 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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You Belong To Me
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 8,955 ratings — published 1998 — 49 editions
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All Around the Town
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 8,804 ratings — published 1992
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 8,700 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions
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Remember Me
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 8,484 ratings — published 1977 — 44 editions
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A Stranger Is Watching
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 8,029 ratings — published 1977 — 41 editions
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On the Street Where You Live
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 7,793 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions
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Quotes by Mary Higgins Clark

“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.”
― Mary Higgins Clark
tags: on-writing , revenge , storytelling
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“It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your life, every once in a while something comes up that plays "gotcha," and for a moment or tow the car tissue seperates and the wound is raw again.”
― Mary Higgins Clark, The Second Time Around
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“live your life as if you may lose everything.”
― Mary Higgins Clark, All Through the Night
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