MIKE DERER
The U.S. writer Mary Higgins Clark died on Friday at the age of 92. Many of her novels were bestsellers worldwide. (Archive)
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Mary Higgins Clark († 92) is dead. The US writer has sold over 100 million books worldwide. The daughter of Irish immigrants, she was born and raised in the Bronx in New York. At the end of 30 she lost her husband and raised five children.
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In the second half of her life she became a writer, whose books like “A Stranger Is Watching” or “Daddy’s Little Girl” became bestsellers. She wrote more than 50 books in total.
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Multiple awards, filmed
Higgins Clark has received several awards, including the Chevalier of the Order of the Arts. Many of her books, such as “A Stranger is Watching” and “Lucky Day”, were made into films. In several novels, she worked with her daughter Carol Higgins Clark.
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Higgins Clark was a tireless and long-active “Queen of Suspense”. With her novels, she became one of the most popular writers in the world.
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“Nobody has ever sought contact with readers as strongly as Mary,” wrote her longtime editor, Michael Korda, in a personal statement. For Mary, the readers were like members of her own family.
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Mary radiated great self-confidence and always knew what the readers were interested in – or not. And she had always managed to surprise with her books anew. (SDA)
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