Mary Higgins Clark
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born
December 24, 1927
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female
place of birth
Bronx, New York, The United States
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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
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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...more
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Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.75 — 4,493 ratings — published 1975 40 editions |
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Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.67 — 4,561 ratings — published 1991 28 editions |
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.61 — 3,623 ratings — published 1995 36 editions |
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While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.66 — 3,558 ratings — published 1990 33 editions |
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Two Little Girls in Blue: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.67 — 3,518 ratings — published 2006 29 editions |
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You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.62 — 3,539 ratings — published 1998 30 editions |
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All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.69 — 3,380 ratings — published 1992 25 editions |
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I'll Be Seeing You by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.61 — 3,309 ratings — published 1993 29 editions |
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On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.68 — 3,201 ratings — published 2000 34 editions |
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A Stranger Is Watching by Mary Higgins Clark avg rating 3.69 — 3,145 ratings — published 1978 33 editions |
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"When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book."
— Mary Higgins Clark
— Mary Higgins Clark
"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: A Novel)
— Mary Higgins Clark (The Second Time Around: A Novel)
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