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Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is known for writing a best-selling series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies.

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He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate.

Balding, Fifty, Graying, Hair, Long

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

Allowed, Good, Good Health, Health, Optimism, Wanted

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.

Ability, Dna, Identification, Increased

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Abuse, Believe, Evil, Power, Roots

Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.

Feels, Insecure, Unpredictable

Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets

Life, Strangeness, Surprise, Upset, Upsets

I stop working at about 3 p. m. on Fridays.

Friday, Fridays, Stop, Working

I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.

Body, Dead, Scalpel, Scalpels, Taken

And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.

Alone, Faces, Voice, Wooden, World

I don't do things that are illegal.

Illegal, Things

You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out.

Can Do, Cures, Live, Plate, Plates, Throw

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

Advice, Elements, Giving, Life, Smart

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

Botox, Causes, Frowning, Helps, Tension, Wrinkles

I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.

Attention, Blood, Draw, Needs, Red

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

Constantly, Crime, People, Technology

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.

Book, Books, Create, Kids, Writing

When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.

Down, Mother, Ruth, Two, Wife

When I was at college there were two things I vowed I'd never do. One was go to a funeral and the other was deal with computers. And then I ended up being a computer programmer in a morgue.

College, Two, Funeral, Computers, Computer

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

Case, Cases, Firsts, Like, Smart, Solving

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

Morning, Ocean, Sea, War, Year

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