Patricia Cornwell -how to lose a Ferrari

There's an insightful interview with Patricia Cornwell in today's Independent in which the author talks to James Kidd - the interview is deeply probing and covers Cornwell being outed as a lesbian by the American press, the vast sums of money she lost and a Ferrari which apparently vanished into thin air, her ordeal at the hands of a cyber stalker, her falling out with the Bush family and her disenchantment with the Obama government. The interview also covers her use of Facebook and other social networks to engage directly with her readers and her new Kay Scarpetta novel, Post Mortuary.

"George W Bush is the worse president we've ever had." Patricia Cornwell.

"I really believe that gays in America are today's blacks." Patricia Cornwell.


The full interview can be read online HERE

The Tainted Archive - the blog the writers read

I'm overjoyed and honoured to see that on her personal website the brilliant writer Patricia Cornwell is linking to a story on the Tainted Archive - check out patriciacornwell.com

Patricia Cornwell Interview

She is the biggest selling crime writer in the world and the second only to J. K. Rowling as the biggest selling female writer in the entire world.

"Well, it’s a stressful business being the biggest-selling crime writer in the world (and the second biggest-selling female writer in any genre, after J K Rowling). It is estimated that Cornwell is worth just over £60 million although, as I am to discover, she has just launched a legal action against her financial management company in New York, suing them for alleged negligence. Since 2005, according to one source, they may have lost her as much as £25 million, almost half her fortune. The case is ongoing and she is not sure of the exact figures yet."

There's an interesting interview/feature in the Telegraph and it can be read in its entirety HERE