Mary Higgins Clark

Mary Higgins Clark (24. decembar 1927 – 31. januar 2020) bila je spisateljka najprodavanijih romana misterije i intrige u SAD-u.

Rođena je u New Yorku. Otac joj je umro, kada je imala 10 godina. Po završetku srednje škole, Mary upisuje sekretarijatsku školu, te počinje raditi u reklamnoj agenciji. 1949. je počela raditi kao stjuardesa za kompaniju Pan American Airlines. Ubrzo se udala za svog susjeda Warrena Clarka.

Počela je pisati kratke priče ubrzo poslije vjenčanja, te je objavila svoje prve priče u magazinu Extension 1956. Muž joj je umro 1964, i Mary je ostala s petero djece. Tada je Mary počela pisati radio scenarije i kasnije, knjige. Njena prva knjiga, biografski roman o Georgeu Washingtonu je loše prošao na tržištu, ali njen roman Gdje su djeca? iz 1975. je postao najprodavaniji u to doba.

Pohađala je Fordham Univerzitet od 1974. do 1979, gdje je studirala filozofiju.

Ponovo se udala 1996. za Johna Conheeneya.

Njena kćerka, Carol Higgins Clark, i bratova žena, Mary Jane Clark, su također pisci romana misterije.

 Bibliografija 
 Fikcija 
Samostalne priče
 1968 Aspire to the Heavens (reizdana 2002. pod nazivom Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington)
 1975 Where Are the Children?
 1977 A Stranger is Watching
 1980 The Cradle Will Fall
 1982 A Cry in the Night
 1984 Stillwatch
 1986 Murder in Manhattan (co-author Thomas Chastain)
 1987 Terror Stalks The Class Reunion (short story)
 1987 Murder On The Aisle (short story)
 1987 Weep No More, My Lady
 1988 Caribbean Blues
 1988 Double Vision (short story)
 1989 While My Pretty One Sleeps
 1989 That's The Ticket (kratka priča, audio knjiga)
 1989 The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories
 1989 The Lost Angel (kratka priča, audio knjiga)
 1990 Voices in the Coal Bin (kratka priča, audio knjiga sa Carol Higgins Clark That's the Ticket)
 1990 The Body in the Closet (kratka priča, audio knjiga)
 1991 Loves Music, Loves to Dance
 1992 All Around the Town
 1992 Missing in Manhattan (anthology)
 1993 I'll Be Seeing You
 1993 Death on the Cape and Other Stories
 1993 Stowaway and Milk Run (two stories)
 1994 Remember Me
 1995 Let Me Call You Sweetheart
 1995 Justice in Manhattan (anthology)
 1995 Silent Night
 1995 Bad Behavior
 1996 Moonlight Becomes You
 1996 Mother: Famous Writers Celebrate Motherhood with a Treasury of Short Stories, Essays, and Poems
 1996 My Gal Sunday
 1997 Pretend You Don't See Her
 1998 You Belong to Me
 1999 We'll Meet Again
 1999 The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology
 1999 The Plot Thickens (editor)
 2000 
 2000 Deck The Halls
 2001 On the Street Where You Live
 2001 He Sees You When You're Sleeping
 2002 Daddy's Little Girl
 2002 Murder in the Family (anthology)
 2003 The Second Time Around
 2004 Nighttime Is My Time
 2005 No Place Like Home
 2006 Two Little Girls in Blue
 2007 Ghost Ship
 2007 I Heard That Song Before
 2008 Where Are You Now?
 2009 Just Take My Heart
 2010 The Shadow of Your Smile
 2011 The Magical Christmas Horse
 2011 I'll Walk Alone
 2012 The Lost Years
 2013 Daddy's Gone A Hunting
 2013 Plot Thickens (anthology)
 2015 The Melody Lingers On
 2016 Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories
 2016 As Time Goes By
 2017 All By Myself, Alone
 2018 I've Got My Eyes on You
 2019 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry

Alvirah and Willy serija
 1992 Plumbing For Willy (kratka priča, uključena u The Lottery Winner)
 1994 The Lottery Winner and Other Stories
 1998 All Through the Night
 2000 Deck the Halls (crossover with Carol's main protagonist Reagan Reilly)
 2004 The Christmas Thief And Other Stories (crossover with Carol's main protagonist Reagan Reilly)
 2006 Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea (crossover with Carol's main protagonist Reagan Reilly)
 2008 Dashing Through the Snow (crossover with Carol's main protagonist Reagan Reilly)

Under Suspicion serija
 2014 I've Got You Under My Skin
 2014 The Cinderella Murder (with Alafair Burke)
 2015 All Dressed in White (with Alafair Burke)
 2016 The Sleeping Beauty Killer (with Alafair Burke)
 2017 Every Breath You Take (with Alafair Burke)
 2018 You Don't Own Me (with Alafair Burke)
 2020 Piece of My Heart (with Alafair Burke)
 2024 It had to be you (with Alafair Burke)

 Nefikcija 
 2001 Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir
 2002 Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir (Simon & Schuster Audiocassette Audiobook) (4 audio kasetw, oko 5 sati) .

 Reference 

 Dodatna literatura 
 Higgins Clark, Mary, Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster (2002); 224 pages; /; reprint edition Gallery Books (October 21, 2003).

 Vanjski linkovi 

Clark,Mary Higgins
Clark,Mary Higgins
Kategorija:Biografije, New York
Kategorija:Umrli 2020.