Patricia Cornwell
About
Filmography
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Life Events
1961
Moved to Montreat, NC where her mother was hospitalized for depression; placed in foster care system along with brothers
1979
Launched career as crime reporter for <i>The Charlotte Observer</i>
1980
Won investigative reporting award from North Carolina Press Association
1983
Wrote biography on family friend Ruth Bell Graham <i>A Time for Remembering</i>
1984
Worked at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, first as technical writer and later as computer analyst
1990
Introduced popular recurring character Dr. Kay Scarpetta (Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Virginia) in crime novel <i>Postmortem</i>
1999
Made TV executive producing and writing debut with ABC movie "ATF"
2002
Published non-fiction book <i>Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed</i>
2010
Executive produced two Lifetime films based on novels "At Risk" and "The Front"; also made cameos in both as a watiress
2012
Guest starred as herself on CBS police procedural "Criminal Minds"
