Many writers come by their stories and novels via their personal background or former (and sometimes, present) employment. Scott Turow and John Grisham are attorneys, and Turow still practices. Patricia Cornwell had a mentally ill mother and a disturbed childhood, coupled with her crime reporting, forensics, and extensive work in a morgue, where she observed autopsies.Read More
Anne Perry, Prolific Novelist With a Haunting Criminal Past, Dead at 84
