Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell: Evolution of heroine a constant for writer

12/09/2014

Patricia Cornwell has come a long way since her days as a crime reporter for The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and a computer analyst at the chief medical examiner’s office in Richmond, Va.

She has published more than 30 books, with 22 of them about her forensic scientist and crime-solving protagonist, Kay Scarpetta. More