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Novels by Patricia Cornwell
Here are the Kay Scarpetta novels in order of publication:
1. Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell,
2. Body of Evidence
by Patricia Cornwell,
3. All That Remains
by Patricia Cornwell (August 1992),
4. Cruel and Unusual
by Patricia Cornwell (December 1993),
5. The Body Farm
by Patricia Cornwell,
6. From Potter's Field
by Patricia Cornwell),
7. Cause of Death
by Patricia Cornwell,
8. Unnatural Exposure
by Patricia Cornwell),
9. Point of Origin
by Patricia Cornwell,
10. Black Notice
by Patricia Cornwell,
11. The Last Precinct
by Patricia Cornwell (October 2000),
12. Blow Fly
by Patricia Cornwell (October 2003),
13. Trace
by Patricia Cornwell (September 2004),
14. Predator
by Patricia Cornwell (October 2005),
15. Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell (2007).
16. Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell (December, 2008),
17. The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell (October 20, 2009),
18. Port Mortuary (A Scarpetta Novel)
by Patricia Cornwell (to be released Nov. 20, 2010).
In her acclaimed novel At Risk (2006), Patricia Cornwell introduced a new cast of characters, including Win Garano. In 2008, she released a second novel featuring the shrewd Massachusetts state investigator, The Front.
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Patricia Cornwell Bio
In the News. It's been reported that Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the rights to 16 Scarpetta novels. Slated to play the strong-willed,
intelligent, good-looking and sophisticated Kay Scarpetta is actress superstar Angelina Jolie. Fans will be looking forward to the first release.
Born Patricia Daniels in Miami, Florida, she moved to North Carolina at age 7 following her parents' divorce. While attending Davidson College, Patricia met English professor Charles Cornwell, who she married and subsequently divorced after 10 years. After graduating with a degree in literature, she worked as a crime-reporter for the Charlotte Observer and spent six years working as a computer analyst for the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner's Office. While there, she witnessed and, at times, assisted in hundreds of autopsies. She also served as a volunteer police officer.
"It is important to me to live in the world I write about. If I want a character to do or know
something, I want to do or know the same thing."
Between 1984 and 1986, Cornwell wrote three novels based on her crime desk experience. All were rejected. Disheartened, she wrote to Sara Ann Freed, an editor at Mysterious Press, the one publishing house that had softened its rejection with encouragement. Freed suggested she dump the male detective who had been her central character and expand Scarpetta who had only played a minor role in the early works. So, in 1990 Patricia Cornwell's first novel, Postmortem, was published. Postmortem was the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasy, Anthony and Macavity awards, as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Adventurei, in a single year.¹
(¹ Read the complete bio @ Ace's Bio-Farm.)
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