Mary Higgins Clark - 1929
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I. Biography Mary Higgins Clark, born on December 24, 1929 in Bronx, New York, now lives in Saddle River, New Jersey and has an apartment in Manhattan, New York. Clark's
father died when she was ten, and her mother raised her and her two brothers. She married her neighbor, Warren Clark, and had five children. She wrote novels while she
and her husband were married, but it wasn't until after she became a widow that she established a successful literary career. She married again to Charles Ploetz but was divorced in 1986.
On November 30, 1996 she married her present husband, John J. Conheeney. They now live in Saddle River, New Jersey; they also have an apartment in Manhattan and summer
homes in Spring Lake, New Jersey and Dennis Massachusetts. Between them they have a large family—Mary Higgins Clark has five children and six grandchildren, and her husband
has four children and nine grandchildren. Mary Higgins Clark is best known for her suspense novels. She is referred to as "The Queen of Suspense." She has received many
honors for her writing. Among the honors she has received are The Women of Achievement award, the Irish Women of the Year award, and the Grand Prix de Literature of
France in 1980. She is a number one best seller in France. She is the best selling author of 19 novels and three collections of short stories. II. Partial List of Literary Works Stowaway 1956 III. Interview of Clark
Interview can be found at IV. Contact Clark
c/o Eugene H. Winick, McIntosh & Otis, Inc., 475 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017; V. Bibliography
"Mary Higgins Clark." Current Biography Yearbook. 1994 ed. The H. W. Wilson Company, New York. pp. 108-111.
"Mary Higgins Clark: The Queen of Suspense." (Online) Available This essay was submitted by a student of
Aspire to the Heavens 1969
Where Are the Children? 1975
A Stranger is Watching 1978
The Cradle Will Fall 1980
A Cry in the Night 1982
Stillwatch 1984
Weep no More, My Lady 1987
While My Pretty One Sleeps 1989
Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories 1989
Loves Music, Loves to Dance 1991
All Around the Town 1992
I'll Be Seeing You 1993
Remember Me 1994
The Lottery Winner 1994
Mary Higgins Clark discussed her thriller, Before I say Good-bye, on Tuesday, May 23rd at 1 PM on http://www.CNN.com/chat.
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