Mary Higgins Clark

She was born on December 24, 1929 in New York City. Worked as a secretary, then a flight attendant, after marriage began to write "for himself". In 1956, she sold her first story to a magazine for $100. After the sudden death of her husband, she started working on the radio to feed her family. In 1974, she published her first detective novel, Where are the Children?, which brought her popularity. In 1979, she graduated from the evening department of Fordham University. He is currently an honorary more

She was born on December 24, 1929 in New York City. Worked as a secretary, then a flight attendant, after marriage began to write "for himself". In 1956, she sold her first story to a magazine for $100. After the sudden death of her husband, she started working on the radio to feed her family. In 1974, she published her first detective novel, Where are the Children?, which brought her popularity. In 1979, she graduated from the evening department of Fordham University. He is currently an honorary doctor of thirteen universities and colleges. From the pen of Mary Higgins Clark to date, sixteen best-selling novels. Among the many awards she has received are the Committee of Irish American Heritage Prize, the Gold Medal of Honor of the Irish-American Historical Society, the Horatio Alger Prize, and the French Grand Prix for Achievement in Literature. In addition, Clark is an honorary member of the Order of St. Gregory, the Order of Malta and the Jerusalem Order of the Holy Sepulcher.