Patricia Cornwell
Autore di Postmortem
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Volume Two: Postmortem | Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] (2006) 14 copie
Five Scarpetta Novels (Cause of Death, Unnatural Exposure, Point of Origin, Black Notice, and Trace) (2011) 8 copie
Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, The Body Farm, From Potter's Field, Cause of… (2007) 5 copie
Identity Unknown 2 copie
Nessun titolo 2 copie
7 Patricial Cornwell Books--Portrait Of A Killer,Predator,Cause of Death,Isle of Dogs,Body of Evidence,Cause of… (2003) 2 copie
Second Chance Tuesday 2 copie
Kalmankalpea 1 copia
Cornwell Patricia 1 copia
Kay Scarpetta Series 11-15: 5 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator,… (2020) 1 copia
La Huella =Libro electrónico= 1 copia
Body Of Evidence 1 copia
From Potter's Field Book #6 1 copia
Star Quest 1 copia
Touch of Darkness 1 copia
Split Image (2010) 1 copia
Elore megfontolt szandekkal 1 copia
NE RREZIK 1 copia
Lavoura de Corpos 1 copia
The Body Farm Bok # 5 1 copia
Cadavere Non Identificato 1 copia
Kay Scarpetta Series 1-5 Collection 5 Books Set By Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body Of Evidence, All That Remains,… (2022) 1 copia
Harlequin 1 copia
Book 4 1 copia
Scarpetta, Part 1 1 copia
Scarpetta, Part 2 1 copia
Konseki 1 (痕跡 上) 1 copia
Konseki 2 (痕跡 下) 1 copia
Predator, Part 1 1 copia
Predator, Part 2 1 copia
Scarpetta Series Books 1-6, by Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel & Unusual, The… (1990) 1 copia
The Last Precinct / Predator 1 copia
8 Volume Collection (Set) of Patricia Cornwell Novels Including: Scarpetta, Cause of Death, Southern Cross, the Front,… (1995) 1 copia
Link 1 copia
Personalities along the track...: Gladstone's tribute to our railway workers (2001) — A cura di — 1 copia
Kay Scarpetta Series 6-15: 10 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (From Potter's Field, Cause Of Death,Unnatural… (2020) 1 copia
Portrait of a Killer 1 copia
Post Mortem [abridged audiobook] 1 copia
Trace / Predator 1 copia
Point Of Sale Book # ( 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Collaboratore — 389 copie
Time Life Book Digest: It Doesn't Take a Hero / All That Remains / Honest Illusions / Double Deuce (1992) 2 copie
*4* Thrillers: Clive Cusler ("Fire Ice"); Dale Brown ("Sky Masters"); Lisa Scottoline ("Running from the Law"); and… — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Det Bästas Bokval (2003) vol 226: Tango Ett; Islossning; Mörkrets makt; Det förflutnas landskap — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Cornwell, Patricia Carroll Daniels
- Altri nomi
- קורנוול, פטרישה דניאלס
- Data di nascita
- 1956-06-09
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Miami, Florida, Verenigde Staten
- Istruzione
- Davidson College (BA | 1979 | English)
- Attività lavorative
- reporter
technical writer (Office of Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia)
computer analyst - Relazioni
- Gruber, Staci (spouse)
- Breve biografia
- 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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Books About Murder (17)
Edgar Award (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Detective Stories (14)
Female Author (5)
Jarett's Books (4)
Florida (3)
Read in 2014 (2)
READ IN 2022 (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 139
- Opere correlate
- 14
- Utenti
- 122,458
- Popolarità
- #62
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 1,634
- ISBN
- 2,755
- Lingue
- 31
- Preferito da
- 265
Computer e tecnologia sono pressoché irriconoscibili, tanto che le spiegazioni sul funzionamento non mi sono parse superflue, ma mi hanno genuinamente interessato. Senza contare che, nonostante l'autrice sia conosciuta un po' come una che scrive 'spiegoni', in questo volume ho trovato molto equilibrata la loro proporzione con la trama in sé.
Il ritmo è serrato e la soluzione nemmeno tanto scontata. I personaggi sono sfaccettati, ma non eccessivi, oggi la deriva dei coroner/poliziotti/detective complessati portano spesso a cercare di infilarci traumi indicibili e/o tragedie familiari che levati.
Kay Scarpetta ha i suoi problemi familiari e il suo passato triste, ma questi restano tutto sommato credibili, così come ha un carattere introverso, ma perlopiù è una persona normale e non di un Dott. House al quadrato. I comprimari, almeno quelli principali (Marino e Lucy) sono anche loro credibili nelle loro particolarità. Mi è piaciuta in particolare l'evoluzione di Marino da poliziotto-antagonista-con-i-paraocchi, tipico cliché, a poliziotto con acume e senso dell'indagine.
Sono sorpresa da quanto lo abbia apprezzato.… (altro)