Patricia Cornwell
Definition
Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels, June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer best known for her best-selling novels featuring the forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
She has sold over 120 million books worldwide and is a pioneer in forensic fiction, with her debut novel Postmortem winning major mystery awards.
Examples
If your book club is stuck on cozy mysteries, spice things up with a Patricia Cornwell thriller – just don't read it alone at night.
My forensic skills are so lacking, even Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta would send me back to forensics school.
Patricia Cornwell turned the morgue into the hottest setting since the beach read, proving crime scenes can be chic.
Bingeing the new Scarpetta series on Prime Video? Thank Patricia Cornwell for making autopsies your new guilty pleasure.