Patricia Cornwell
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Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida on June 9, 1956. When she was nine years old, her mother tried to give her and her two brothers to evangelist Billy Graham and his wife to care for. For a while the children lived with missionaries since their mother was unable to care for them. After toon meer graduating from Davidson College in 1979, she worked for The Charlotte Observer eventually covering the police beat and winning an investigative reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for a series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. Her award-winning biography of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, A Time for Remembering, was published in 1983. From 1984 to 1990, she worked as a technical writer and a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. While working for the medical examiner, she began to write novels. Although the award-winning novel Postmortem was initially rejected by seven different publishers, once it was published in 1990 it became the only novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Adventure, in one year. She is the author of the Kay Scarpetta series, the Andy Brazil series, and the Winston Garano series. She has also written two cookbooks entitled Scarpetta's Winter Table and Food to Die For; a children's book entitled Life's Little Fable; and non-fiction works like Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Four Scarpetta Novels (The Last Precinct / Blow Fly / Predator / Book of the Dead) (2009) 28 exemplaren
Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Volume Two: Postmortem | Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] (2006) 14 exemplaren
Five Scarpetta Novels (Cause of Death, Unnatural Exposure, Point of Origin, Black Notice, and Trace) (2011) 8 exemplaren
Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, The Body Farm, From Potter's Field, Cause of… (2007) 5 exemplaren
First 14 Kay Scarpetta: Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, Body Farm, From Potters… 4 exemplaren
Set 13 Kay Scarpetta titles 1 Postmortem 2 Body of Evidence 3 All That Remains 4 Cruel and Unusual 5 The Body Farm 6… 3 exemplaren
The Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Low Price: Contains All That Remains and Cruel and Unusual (Kay Scarpetta… 3 exemplaren
Caos. Un nuovo caso per Kay Scarpetta 3 exemplaren
Identity Unknown 2 exemplaren
Geen titel 2 exemplaren
7 Patricial Cornwell Books--Portrait Of A Killer,Predator,Cause of Death,Isle of Dogs,Body of Evidence,Cause of… (2003) 2 exemplaren
Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] 2 exemplaren
PATRICIA CORNWELL COLLECTION (8 books), from "Kay Scarpetta" series:The Body Farm (1994), From Potter's Field… 2 exemplaren
Second Chance Tuesday 2 exemplaren
Kalmankalpea 1 exemplaar
ALL THAT REMAINS By Cornwell, Patricia D. (Author) Mass Market Paperbound on 30-Jun-2009 1 exemplaar
Cornwell Patricia 1 exemplaar
Kay Scarpetta Series 11-15: 5 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator,… (2020) 1 exemplaar
By Patricia Cornwell: Black Notice 1 exemplaar
Cruel and Unusual / Cause of Death 1 exemplaar
Patricia Cornwell Trio: From Potter's Field, Unnatural Exposure, & Cause of Death (1995) 1 exemplaar
La Huella =Libro electrónico= 1 exemplaar
Body Of Evidence 1 exemplaar
From Potter's Field Book #6 1 exemplaar
Star Quest 1 exemplaar
Touch of Darkness 1 exemplaar
Split Image (2010) 1 exemplaar
Elore megfontolt szandekkal 1 exemplaar
NE RREZIK 1 exemplaar
Lavoura de Corpos 1 exemplaar
The Body Farm Bok # 5 1 exemplaar
Ripper - The Secret Life of Walter Sickert r 1 exemplaar
Cadavere Non Identificato 1 exemplaar
Kay Scarpetta Series 1-5 Collection 5 Books Set By Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body Of Evidence, All That Remains,… (2022) 1 exemplaar
Harlequin 1 exemplaar
Book 4 1 exemplaar
Scarpetta, Part 1 1 exemplaar
Scarpetta, Part 2 1 exemplaar
Konseki 1 (痕跡 上) 1 exemplaar
Konseki 2 (痕跡 下) 1 exemplaar
Predator, Part 1 1 exemplaar
Predator, Part 2 1 exemplaar
Scarpetta Series Books 1-6, by Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel & Unusual, The… (1990) 1 exemplaar
The Last Precinct / Predator 1 exemplaar
8 Volume Collection (Set) of Patricia Cornwell Novels Including: Scarpetta, Cause of Death, Southern Cross, the Front,… (1995) 1 exemplaar
Patricia Cornwell Kay Scarpetta Series : 1-17 1 exemplaar
Link 1 exemplaar
Personalities along the track...: Gladstone's tribute to our railway workers (2001) — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar
Kay Scarpetta Series 6-15: 10 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (From Potter's Field, Cause Of Death,Unnatural… (2020) 1 exemplaar
Portrait of a Killer 1 exemplaar
Post Mortem [abridged audiobook] 1 exemplaar
Scarpetta (1-16 titles in the series) 1 exemplaar
Cruel and Unusual [abridged audiobook] 1 exemplaar
Trace / Predator 1 exemplaar
Point Of Sale Book # ( 1 exemplaar
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Time Life Book Digest: It Doesn't Take a Hero / All That Remains / Honest Illusions / Double Deuce (1992) 2 exemplaren
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Det Bästas Bokval (2003) vol 226: Tango Ett; Islossning; Mörkrets makt; Det förflutnas landskap — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Cornwell, Patricia Carroll Daniels
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- קורנוול, פטרישה דניאלס
- Geboortedatum
- 1956-06-09
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Miami, Florida, Verenigde Staten
- Opleiding
- Davidson College (BA | 1979 | English)
- Beroepen
- reporter
technical writer (Office of Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia)
computer analyst - Relaties
- Gruber, Staci (spouse)
- Korte biografie
- Her first crime novel, Postmortem, was published by Scribner’s in 1990. Initially rejected by seven major publishing houses, it became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year. In Postmortem, Cornwell introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta as the intrepid Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1999, Dr. Scarpetta herself won the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author
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Een Cornwell lezen is weten wat je krijgt. Dat geeft wat rust als tegenwicht voor de spanning ;) Sterke vrouwen (Kay en Lucy natuurlijk maar deze keer ook Tron en Annie), droom-mannen Benton en Marino, een tegenwerkende secretaresse, een paar mysterieuze moorden, lekker eten en veel drinken,…
Toch blijft het verrassend; vorige keer deed ik in mijn broek voor exoskeletten deze keer voor microgolven (meer verklap ik niet). Dat maakt de boeken van Patricia Cornwell extra goed voor mij: ze slaagt er telkens in om met iets nieuws te komen waar ik nog nooit van gehoord heb maar vanaf dan wel bang voor ben :)
Kroongetuige leest vlot, haalt je even met je hoofd uit het hier en nu en kost maar 10 euro. 10! Dat is goedkoper dan naar de cinema gaan. Over film gesproken: er komt een tv-serie aan over Kay Scarpetta, met Nicole Kidman en Jamie Lee Curtis: woehoe! Maar eerst lekker lezen.… (meer)