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Patricia Cornwell

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Born
in Miami, Florida, The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, in 1990 while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Postmortem, was the first bona fide forensic thriller. It paved the way for an explosion of entertainment featuring in all things forensic across film, television and literature.

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 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-nine New York Times bestsellers.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 1,686,132 ratings · 61,488 reviews · 128 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Body Farm (Kay Scarpett...
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“Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.”
― Patricia Cornwell
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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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