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Cornwell

British

/ ˈkɔːnˌwɛl /

noun

Patricia D ( aniels ). born 1956, US crime novelist; her novels, many of which feature the pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, include Postmortem (1990), The Last Precinct (2000), and Isle of Dogs (2002)

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Patricia Cornwell was employing DNA a decade before “CSI.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Cornwell read the scripts, but allowed Sarnoff to make the story her own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

The Academy hands out its annual laurels at the Oscars, Nicole Kidman plays a medical examiner in a Patricia Cornwell adaptation, Daniel Radcliffe heads to Broadway in ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

"He knew we were going to do a follow-on series and he loved the idea," Cornwell added.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Among the clergy who arrived were James McGregor, Cornwell, and Holmes.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

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