Awards & Winners

Mary Higgins Clark

Date of Birth 24-December-1929
Place of Birth The Bronx
(United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Mary Clark Higgins, Clark, Mary Higgins, Dame Mary Higgins Clark, Sary Higgins Clark, Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins, Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author
Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark, is an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 42 books has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2007, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are The Children, in its seventy-fifth printing. Higgins Clark began writing at an early age. After several years working as a secretary and copy editor, She spent a year as a stewardess for Pan-American Airlines before leaving her job to marry and start a family. She supplemented the family's income by writing short stories. After her husband died in 1964, Higgins Clark worked for many years writing four-minute radio scripts, until her agent convinced her to try writing novels. Her debut novel, a fictionalized account of the life of George Washington, did not sell well, and she decided to leverage her love of mystery/suspense novels. Her suspense novels became very popular, and as of 2007 her books had sold more than 80 million copies in the United States alone. Her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, and former daughter-in-law Mary Jane Clark are also suspense writers.

Awards by Mary Higgins Clark

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mary Higgins Clark.

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction Kitchen privileges

1994


Anthony Award for Best Anthology/Short Story Collection
Honored for : Malice Domestic 2: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories

1980