Renowned American author Mary Higgins Clark passed away in Naples, Florida, on January 31, 2020, at the age of 92.
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How many copies did Mary Higgins Clark sell?
Clark sold over 100 million copies out of scores of novels she wrote.
Her career began in the mid sixties when her husband Warren Clark died, leaving her with five children.
Who Was Mary Higgins Clark?
Mary Higgins Clark was an American author known for writing at least 51 bestselling suspense novels.
Born in Bronx, New York, Clark began writing at a very young age, she worked as a copy editor before publishing her debut suspense novel, Where Are the Children?
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Following her husband’s death in 1964, Clark worked for radio houses as a script writer, a secretary, and a female steward at the Pan African Airlines.
Clark’s suspense novels later gained and sold over 100 million copies in the United States.
In 2011, Clark “served as the Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City.”


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