Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Mary Higgins Clark (American Novelist)

Mary Higgins Clark (1929–2020,) née Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins, was an American mystery and suspense writer. This “Queen of Suspense” was a fixture on bestseller lists for more than four decades. Many of her novels and stories were adapted into films.

Born in New York City, Clark worked as a secretary, then as a flight attendant for Pan Am. She married as a young woman, had five children, and became widowed. To get by, Clark wrote radio scripts and then a début attempt, Aspire to the Heavens: A Biography of George Washington (1968) that sold poorly.

Clark’s first suspense story, Where Are the Children? (1975) was a bestseller. She followed it with five more, including A Stranger is Watching (1978,) The Cradle Will Fall (1980,) While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989,) We’ll Meet Again (1999,) Daddy’s Gone a Hunting (2013,,) and I’ve Got My Eyes on You (2018.)

Clark also co-wrote a series of Christmas mysteries with her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, including Deck the Halls (2001) and The Christmas Thief (2008.) Her memoir is Kitchen Privileges (2001.)

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Mary Higgins Clark
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