Livid: The chilling Kay Scarpetta thriller

About Patricia Cornwell

In 1990 Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel Postmortem while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond Virginia. An auspicious debut it went on to win the Edgar Creasey Anthony and Macavity Awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventures - the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author the Gold Dagger Award the RBA Thriller Award and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development. Today Cornwell's novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper's identity cookbooks a children's book a biography of Ruth Graham and three other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano Andy Brazil and Captain Calli Chase. Cornwell continues exploring the latest space-age technologies and threats relevant to contemporary life. Her interests range from the morgue to artificial intelligence and include visits to Interpol the Pentagon the U.S. Secret Service and NASA. Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat North Carolina and now lives and works in Boston.