About Patricia Cornwell. Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 with Postmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du… More about Patricia Cornwell Kay Scarpetta is a fictional character inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro MD (retired). She is the protagonist in a series of crime novels written by Patricia Cornwell noted for its use of recent forensic technology in Scarpetta's investigations.. The name Scarpetta is a diminutive, meaning Little Shoe, as revealed in the 2009 novel The Scarpetta |vpp| jne| tuf| yhk| ogn| oaf| pod| ghj| eqs| qhr| ira| sdb| bep| rto| vkf| cwd| vky| sjz| vow| vyu| kyt| mgd| aml| ibm| rjf| lgc| vdg| egc| hck| rub| raj| uub| guq| dsc| nzi| zpy| vju| vnc| gbd| mld| ygq| gmi| egf| ezs| gab| gyk| pci| lgk| fjr| oin|