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Mary Jane Clark
American novelist
Mary Jane Clark (born ; Mary Jane Elizabeth Behrends)[1] is an American author of two series of suspense novels. Her first twelve books are media thrillers influenced by her three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. She plots murder mysteries investigated and solved by the characters who work at KEY News, the fictional television news world she has created.
Mary jane clark author biography of suzanne Mary Jane Clark (born ; Mary Jane Elizabeth Behrends) [1] is an American author of two series of suspense novels. Her first twelve books are media thrillers influenced by her three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. She plots murder mysteries investigated and solved by the characters who work at KEY News, the fictional.Her next series is The Wedding Cake Mysteries, featuring an actress-turned wedding cake designer who gets involved in murder cases which threaten to prevent ceremonies.
Early life
The daughter of a special agent with the FBI who uncovered Russian espionage during the Cold War and, later, worked on kidnapping and extortion cases, her interest in suspense started at an early age.[2] She attended Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, graduating in With the goal of working in television news, she graduated from the University of Rhode Island with degrees in journalism and political science.[3]
She started her professional career as a desk assistant at CBS News headquarters in New York City, eventually becoming a producer and writer.[4]
Present
Clark resides in Hillsdale, New Jersey and Florida.[5] She has two children, a daughter, Elizabeth, an actress, and a son, David who has Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited form of developmental disability.
Mary Jane supports the FRAXA Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports scientific research aimed at finding a treatment or a cure for the condition.[6]
Clark's former mother-in-law and sister-in-law are the well-known American authors Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, respectively.[7]
Books
Key News
- Do You Want to Know a Secret
- Do You Promise Not to Tell
- Let Me Whisper in Your Ear
- Close To You
- Nobody Knows
- Nowhere to Run
- Hide Yourself Away
- Dancing in the Dark
- Lights Out Tonight
- When Day Breaks
- It Only Takes a Moment
- Dying for Mercy
Wedding Cake Mysteries
- To Have and To Kill
- The Look of Love
- Footprints in the Sand
- That Old Black Magic
References
- ^"Mary Behrends and David Clark to wed June 19".
The New York Times. March 14, Retrieved April 3,
- ^Mary Jane Clark.Carol higgins clark author Mary Jane Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels: 12 KEY News media thrillers and 2 Piper Donovan/Wedding Cake Mysteries. A former writer and producer at CBS News in New York City, Clark is the daughter of an FBI agent and mother of two. She lives in Florida and New Jersey. Read full bio.
"Letter". Retrieved August 27,
- ^Mary Jane Clark. "About the Author".
- ^Harper Collins. "Interview".
- ^Rockland, Kate. "BY THE WAY; In the Divorce, She Got the Byline", The New York Times,July 17, ; accessed April 9, "Then there's Mary Jane Clark of Hillsdale, who is more of a writing Clark by proxy."
- ^FRAXA.Mary higgins clark books The former sister-in-law and mother-in-law of author Mary Jane are also quite popular American authors known by the names Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark respectively. The Wedding Cake Mysteries series written by author Mary Jane Clark consists of a total of 4 books published between the years and
"About FRAXA People". Archived from the original on July 9,
- ^"Mary Jane Clark's Frequently Asked Questions". Retrieved April 3,