Patricia Cornwell, author portrait

Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is one of the world’s major internationally bestselling authors, translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City; and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. In 2008, Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards’ Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year—the first American to win this prestigious award. In 2011, she was awarded the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in Paris. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year—and Cruel & Unusual, which won Britain’s Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.
Dust
The Bone Bed
Blow Fly
Red Mist
Trace
Predator
Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell FIVE SCARPETTA NOVELS
The Scarpetta Factor
Scarpetta
The Front
Black Notice
Book of the Dead
Point of Origin
Unnatural Exposure
At Risk
Cause of Death
From Potter's Field
The Body Farm
Isle of Dogs
The Last Precinct
Southern Cross
Ruth, A Portrait
Hornet's Nest

Books

Dust
The Bone Bed
Blow Fly
Red Mist
Trace
Predator
Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell FIVE SCARPETTA NOVELS
The Scarpetta Factor
Scarpetta
The Front
Black Notice
Book of the Dead
Point of Origin
Unnatural Exposure
At Risk
Cause of Death
From Potter's Field
The Body Farm
Isle of Dogs
The Last Precinct
Southern Cross
Ruth, A Portrait
Hornet's Nest