About the Author
Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top
selling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more
than 120 countries. Her novels have won prestigious awards including the Edgar,
the Creasey, the Prix du Roman d’Aventure, the Sherlock, the Galaxy National
Book Award, and the Gold Dagger. In addition to the Scarpetta series, Cornwell
has written the definitive book about Jack the Ripper, cookbooks, a children’s
book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and three other fictional series. A licensed
helicopter pilot and scuba diver, she is known for actively researching the
technologies that inform her work.