Patricia Cornwell

==Awards==
* [[Evangelical Christian Publishers Association|ECPA]] Gold Medallion Book Award in the Biography/Autobiography category for ''A Time For Remembering'' (1985)<ref>[http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1985.php 1985 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners], Evangelical Christian Publishers Association</ref>
* [[Edgar Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/firstnovel/ |title=Best First Mystery Novel by an American Author Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists |publisher=Mysterynet.com |access-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414222835/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/firstnovel/ |archive-date=April 14, 2012 }}</ref> [[John Creasey Memorial Award]], [[1991 Anthony Award|Anthony Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees |publisher=Bouchercon.info |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Macavity Award]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html |title=Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards |publisher=Mysteryreaders.org |access-date=March 23, 2012}}</ref> for ''[[Postmortem (novel)|Postmortem]]'' (1991) (Cornwell is the only author to receive these awards in a single year){{citation needed|date=March 2012}}
* [[Prix du Roman d'Adventures]] for ''[[Postmortem (novel)|Postmortem]]'' (1992)
* [[Gold Dagger]] for ''[[Cruel and Unusual (novel)|Cruel and Unusual]]'' (1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/index.html |title=THE CWA Dagger Awards Overview |publisher=Thecwa.co.uk |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723043537/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/index.html |archive-date=July 23, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Sherlock Award]] for Best Detective for the character [[Kay Scarpetta]] (1999)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08funny_serial.html?ex=1144987200&en=706468b9fc6fb2bd&ei=5070 | work=The New York Times | title=At Risk | first=Patricia | last=Cornwell | date=January 8, 2006 | access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
* [[British Book Awards]]' Crime Thriller of the Year for ''Book of the Dead'' (2008) (Cornwell is the first American author to receive this award.)
* [[RBA Prize for Crime Writing]] 2011 for ''Red Mist'', the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.<ref>[http://eng.rba.es/Servicios/Premios/Premio-Internacional-de-Novela-Negra-RBA RBA Prize for Crime Writing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310220029/http://eng.rba.es/Servicios/Premios/Premio-Internacional-de-Novela-Negra-RBA |date=March 10, 2012 }}, RBA page; retrieved September 10, 2011</ref>