Who is Mary Higgins Clark? Net Worth, Death, Husband, Relationship



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Mary Higgins Clark is an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 56 books has been a bestseller in the United States and many of them have been translated into foreign languages.

Born in the Bronx, New York on Christmas Eve, 1927, Mary was the youngest of five children. Her parents, Irish immigrants, died within five years of each other when Mary was still in her teens. She and her siblings were raised by their older sister, Nora, who worked as a secretary to support the family.

Mary Higgins Clark graduated from Fordham University with a degree in philosophy in 1949. She married Warren Clark in 1952 and they had five children together. After her husband died in 1964, Mary Higgins Clark began writing to support her family. Her first novel, Where Are the Children?, was published in 1975 and was an immediate success.

Since then, Mary Higgins Clark has written thirty-six more suspense novels, including A Stranger is Watching, The Cradle Will Fall, and Loves Music, Loves to Dance. She has also written several collections of short stories and two non-fiction books. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into forty-five languages.

In addition to her writing career, Mary Higgins Clark has served on the boards of several charities and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America. She has been awarded three honorary degrees and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2000.

Mary Higgins Clark’s net worth is estimated to be $150 million.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia