 Mary Higgins Clark is America's top best-selling suspense writer with over 15 million copies of her books in print. Her latest novels, Moonlight Becomes You; Pretend You Don't See Her; and On the Street Where You Live; have joined the prestigious ranks of her other best-selling books, which include: Where Are the Children?; A Stranger is Watching; The Cradle Will Fall; A Cry in the Night; Stillwatch; Weep No More, My Lady; While My Pretty One Sleeps; The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories; Lottery Winner; My Gal Sunday; and Silent Night; all published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster. Ms. Clark's genre is sometimes called "If I had but known." A sub-genre could be: "It's all my fault. If only I hadn't..." But don't misunderstand, her heroines don't bring the disasters on themselves. That's what makes their tragedies so fearsome. Mary Higgins Clark writes about nice people whose lives are invaded. What scares the reader is the "if only" - the thought that whether you live or die may depend on the moment when you decide to take a bus or train. And by the sweat of her brow and the cold sweat on her readers', she makes a good living at it--ranked by industry insiders as one of the most financially successful American women authors. Now, more than 12 novels under her belt, all fantastic best-sellers and four of which have already been made into films or television motion pictures, Mary Higgins Clark is at the top of her field. The Federation of Women's Clubs gave her their "The Women of Achievement" award; she was awarded the Grand Prix de Literature of France; she was the 1987 president of the Mystery Writers of America; she was Chairman of the 1988 International Crime Congress; and she is an active member of Literacy Volunteers.
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