Mary Higgins Clark | |
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 Higgins Clark in 2012 | |
| Born | Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins December 24, 1927 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 2020 (aged 92) Naples, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Gate of Heaven Cemetery Hawthorne, New York |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Fordham University |
| Period | 1975–2020 |
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| Spouse | Warren Clark
(m. 1949; died 1964)Raymond Ploetz
(m. 1978; ann. 1986)John J. Conheeney
(m. 1996; died 2018) |
| Children | 5, including Carol Higgins Clark |
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Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020)[1] was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2015[update], with her debut suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, in its 75th printing.
Higgins Clark began writing at an early age. After several years working as a secretary and copy editor, she spent a year as a stewardess for Pan-American Airlines before leaving to marry and start a family. She supplemented the family's income by writing short stories. After her husband died in 1964, Higgins Clark worked for many years writing four-minute radio scripts until her agent persuaded her to try writing novels. Her debut novel, a fictionalized account of the life of George Washington, did not sell well, and she decided to exploit her love of mystery/suspense novels. Her suspense novels became very popular, and have sold more than 100 million copies in the United States alone.[2] Her former daughter-in-law Mary Jane Clark is also a writer, as was her daughter Carol Higgins Clark.
- ^ Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, page 40, 2007, Greenwood Press; ISBN 0-313-33428-5
- ^ "Mary Higgins Clark". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.