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CFA Master Class: Mary Higgins Clark

April 17, 2013

As part of the Center’s Crime Fiction Academy, Mary Higgins Clark spoke about her writing career and offered practical writing tips.

A #1 New York Times best-selling author, Clark wrote thirty-eight suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a his­torical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don’t Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she has coauthored five more suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.

View Part 2 below.