Patricia Cornwell
American crime author and creator of Dr Kay Scarpetta...
Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami in 1956. After graduating in 1979 with a degree in literature, she went on to work as a crime reporter and later spent more than six years as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. There she witnessed hundreds of autopsies and even assisted as a 'scribe', recording the measurements of the wounds of murder victims. During that time, she also volunteered with the Richmond Police Department.
It was these experiences that inspired her to create Dr Kay Scarpetta, a tenacious chief medical examiner who tracks serial killers with the help of a streetwise cop, Pete Marino, and an FBI profiler, Benton Wesley.
Cornwell's first Kay Scarpetta book, Postmortem (1990), is the only novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony and Macavity awards, as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year. Her subsequent Scarpetta novels: Body of Evidence (1991), All That Remains (1992), Cruel and Unusual (1993), The Body Farm (1994), From Potter's Field (1995), Cause of Death (1996), Unnatural Exposure (1997), Point of Origin (1998), Black Notice (1999), The Last Precinct, (2001), Trace (2004), Predator (2005), Book of the Dead (2007), Scarpetta (2008), The Scarpetta Factor (2009) and Port Mortuary (2010), all received critical acclaim and became national and international bestsellers.
Cornwell is also the author of a series that began with At Risk (2006), followed by The Front (2008), featuring Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano. She is also the author of the bestselling Southern Cross (1999), Hornet's Nest (1997), and Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham (1997), a biography of the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Cornwell now divides her time between Richmond, Virginia, and New York.
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Name: Patricia Cornwell
Date of birth: 1956
Place of birth: Miami
Current Home: Richmond, VA.
Education: Davidson College
Similar Authors: Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter
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Port Mortuary
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Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need...
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Port Mortuary (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 512 pages |
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| Published: | 28/10/2010 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown |
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Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could... Read more
The Scarpetta Factor - Scarpetta Novels 17 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 27/05/2010 |
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It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York... Read more
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Scarpetta - Scarpetta Novels 16 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 21/02/2009 |
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Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked... Read more
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Book of the Dead - Scarpetta Novels 15 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 17/04/2008 |
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The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have... Read more
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Predator (Paperback)
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| Published: | 06/04/2006 |
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Florida is full of human predators, and they all give Dr Kay Scarpetta the opportunity and the means to do what she does best - persuading the dead... Read more
Trace - Scarpetta Novels 13 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 04/11/2010 |
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Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated,... Read more
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Blow Fly - Scarpetta Novels 12 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 04/11/2010 |
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After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and the horrifying events which threatened her life in THE LAST PRECINCT, Kay... Read more
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The Last Precinct - Scarpetta Novels 11 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 02/09/2010 |
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Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police... Read more
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Black Notice (Paperback)
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| Published: | 04/05/2000 |
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An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at... Read more
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Point of Origin - Scarpetta Novels 9 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 02/09/2010 |
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A farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law... Read more
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Unnatural Exposure - Scarpetta Novels 8 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 02/09/2010 |
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A sadistic serial killer, the weapon a deadly virus Dublin, Ireland and Richmond, Virginia: separated by thousands of miles - linked by murder. For... Read more
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Postmortem - Scarpetta Novels 1 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 02/09/2010 |
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A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern:... Read more
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The Front - Winston Garano Series 2 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 29/12/2008 |
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At Risk - Winston Garano Series 1 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 08/03/2007 |
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A 'one-off' from the best-selling creator of the Dr Kay Scarpetta series, based on the serialisation in the New York Times. Moving between... Read more
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Port Mortuary (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 18
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| Published: | 28/10/2010 |
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Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that... Read more
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The Scarpetta Factor (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 17
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| Published: | 20/10/2009 |
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It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York... Read more
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Scarpetta (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 16
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Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked... Read more
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Predator (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 14
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| Published: | 04/09/2008 |
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Florida is full of human predators, and they all give Dr Kay Scarpetta the opportunity and the means to do what she does best - persuading the... Read more
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Trace (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 13
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Blow Fly (eBook): Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 12
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The Front (eBook): Winston Garano Series, Book 2
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| Published: | 04/09/2008 |
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Port Mortuary - Scarpetta Novels 18 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 28/10/2010 |
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The Scarpetta Factor - Scarpetta Novels 17 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 31/01/2009 |
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Scarpetta - Scarpetta Novels 16 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 27/11/2008 |
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Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked... Read more
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Book of the Dead - Scarpetta Novels 15 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 23/10/2007 |
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The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have... Read more
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Cruel and Unusual - Scarpetta Novels 4 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 06/11/2008 |
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When convicted killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is executed in Virginia's electric chair, he becomes what should be a routine case for Chief Medical... Read more
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Black Notice - Scarpetta Novels 10 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 07/02/2008 |
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**Includes a free exclusive multimedia CD, which contains interviews with the author, a screensaver, wallpaper and many more features** An... Read more
The Front - Andy Brazil 2 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 15/05/2008 |
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Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young... Read more
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