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Mary Higgins Clark

1927 - 2020

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Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2015, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, in its 75th 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 flight attendant for Pan-American Airlines before leaving to marry and start a family. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Higgins Clark is the 1,045th most popular writer (down from 1,018th in 2019), the 1,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Writer.

Mary Higgins Clark is most famous for her suspense novels.

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Among writers, Mary Higgins Clark ranks 1,045 out of 7,302. Before her are Božena Němcová, Charles De Coster, Edmund Spenser, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Persius, and Bertran de Born. After her are James Hadley Chase, John Dryden, Jacques Clément, Alfred de Vigny, Marko Marulić, and Johannes Tauler.

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Among people born in 1927, Mary Higgins Clark ranks 67. Before her are Carlo Maria Martini, Pat Carroll, Leszek Kołakowski, Harry Markowitz, George C. Scott, and Jacques Mayol. After her are Megumu Tamura, Maurice Ronet, Phil Hill, Cesar Chavez, Don Shirley, and Enzo Bearzot. Among people deceased in 2020, Mary Higgins Clark ranks 65. Before her are Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ken Hensley, Stirling Moss, Mario J. Molina, Brian Dennehy, and Geert Hofstede. After her are Radomir Antić, Joel Schumacher, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Freeman Dyson, Buck Henry, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Higgins Clark ranks 1,479 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Wise (1914), Billy West (1952), Brooke Shields (1965), Éamon de Valera (1882), Kyle MacLachlan (1959), and Davy Crockett (1786). After her are David Robinson (1965), John Lee Hooker (1917), Annette Bening (1958), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Lex Barker (1919), and Holland Taylor (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mary Higgins Clark ranks 117. Before her are Thomas Wolfe (1900), John Grisham (1955), Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and Eleanor H. Porter (1868). After her are Clifford D. Simak (1904), William Gibson (1948), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Edith Wharton (1862), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), and Harriet Jacobs (1813).

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