Mary Higgins Clark is the author of the A Stranger is Watching (Connection Lost) ” and ” The Cradle Will Fall (Murder at midnight), Friday, at the age of 92 and died. The author, who is mainly misdaadverhalen, he was, according to her publisher, Simon and Schuster, “died in the company of family and friends.
Clark was also known as the “queen of suspense,” and wrote that throughout her career, the 38 misdaadverhalen, and two children’s books, short stories, and also the memoir of.
in the united states Alone, there were more than one hundred million copies of her novels sold internationally, she was a regular on the best-seller list. Her books have been translated into 35 languages.
Two of the books, Where are the Children A Stranger is Watching were made into a feature film and several television films are made, which are based on Clark’s books.
The author began writing after the sudden death of her husband, who at 35 years of age, passed away. In the year 2000, signed Clark to a contract of $ 64 million (approximately 57 million u.s. dollars), which they are, at that moment, the bestbetaalde a female author.
“Not a single author has had a very good relationship with her readers, Mary,” said her editor, Michael Korda, in response to her death. “She treated them as if they were part of her own family.”