Blow Fly

Patricia Cornwell's most recent number-one bestsellers include Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed; The Last Precinct; and Isle of Dogs. Her earlier work includes Postmortem-the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year-and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Her fictional chief medical examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, won the 1999 Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author. Cornwell helped establish the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, the first forensic training facility of its kind in the nation, and serves as the Institute's Chairman of the Board. Visit the Institute's website at www.vifsm.org and Cornwell's own website at www.patriciacornwell.com.Cornwell, Patricia is the author of 'Blow Fly', published 2004 under ISBN 9780425198735 and ISBN 0425198731.