Mary Higgins Clark

The famous mystery and suspense writer – she and her daughter were frequent guests on Imus in the Morning. Led a very fasinating and at times difficult life – a widow in her 30's with five children. This is from the Jesuit publication America.

Mary Higgins Clark, known as the "queen of suspense" to her millions of readers throughout the world, died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.

Prior to finding her niche as a suspense writer, Higgins Clark struggled to raise five children as a single parent in New York City. Widowed in her mid-30s, Higgins Clark wrote radio scripts and later found work as an airline flight attendant before striking success in 1975 with her first big-selling book, "Where Are the Children?" Buoyed by that success, Higgins Clark turned to full-time writing and enjoyed astonishing success.