Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels) is an American crime writer best known for her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series, which began with Postmortem in 1990 while she worked at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Her novels have sold over 100 million copies worldwide, earning her awards like the Sherlock Award and the Gold Dagger. She has also written non-fiction, including a controversial book claiming artist Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper, along with cookbooks, a children's book, and a biography of Ruth Graham.

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