Born on December 24, 1927, in the Bronx, N. Y. this remarkable author of suspense novels has gone through hard trials and family tragedies and a variety of trades persevering to achieve literary success and economic independence.
Of Irish origin, She suffered economic hardship after losing her father at age twelve.
Her brother enlisted in the Navy when he graduated from high school in 1944, dying six months after spinal meningitis. The losses did not cease in the life of this author, since, the same day that her first husband died of a heart attack, her mother-in-law collapsed when she found her son dead. It was 1964.
Mary Higgins Clark found herself a widow with five children to support. But, as she has done all her life, She did not give up and did what she had always done: she kept on working.
From a switch operator in a hotel, secretary, hostess, model, copywriter, writer for radio to his prolific literary career, success came in the mid-70's with her second novel Where are the children?
Interested in what, paranormal, usually include it in their plots, as well as children and strong female characters.
The absence of sex or extreme violence has won readers from 12 years and up.
Good dialogues and mastery to make all the suspicious characters hook the reader who is not sure of the solution of the enigmas until the last moment. We recommend: Forever mine (1998) and The Last Goodbye (2000).
Aída Mabel Herrera Soto
Mary Higgins Clark, Great Writer and Warrior of Life, gives us with her example of tenacity a way forward. We celebrate the month of the Woman with this tribute. I thank my sister for her analysis of the life and work of such a magnificent woman that we share today at Athena in arms.
Lía Olga Herrera Soto
