She then began a new series with her #1 New York Times bestsellers Hornet’s Nest and Southern Cross. She has followed that up with ten other bestselling novels featuring Kay Scarpetta. Her preparation paid off- Postmortem was the first novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, and French Prix du Roman d’Aventure awards in one year. “It’s important for me to live in the world I want to write about,” says Patricia Cornwell, “If I want a character to do or know something, I try to do or know the same thing.” The award-winning former police reporter spent time working both as an employee of the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner’s Office and as a volunteer police officer before she wrote her first Kay Scarpetta novel, Postmortem.
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