(CBS News) Patricia Cornwell is out with her 21st novel in her Kay Scarpetta series called "Dust." The best-selling author's book is the latest pick for "CBS This Morning Reads." ...

Patricia Cornwell took up flying because one of her characters flies. There's always that kind of overlap. "I created my characters, but they've also created me," Cornwell told Teichner.

Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels are getting the TV treatment. Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Blumhouse Television and Jamie Lee Curtis ‘ Comet Pictures have landed the TV ...

Patricia Cornwell, known for her Dr. Kay Scarpetta mystery novels, is working on a new book series for Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing.

Patricia Cornwell (PC): I’ve flown a lot of the Bells and some Euro-type helicopters, but really like the Bell 407. I like hand-flying—to me that is the thrill of flying helicopters.

Best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell compiled an “enemies list” and sent it to a police detective in Watertown, Mass., where Cornwell has an estate, court documents show.

Best-selling writer Patricia Cornwell accused her former money managers of improperly investing $89 million of her money and making illegal campaign donations that brought the FBI to her door ...

Patricia Cornwell is a difficult woman to faze. And no wonder. The best-selling author of the Kay Scarpetta novels has sold a staggering 100 million books worldwide, but her early years were tough ...

Patricia Cornwell's Latest Mystery How did the acclaimed crime novelist lose $40 million? She’s suing her accountants and business advisers to find out. Lloyd Grove Published Oct. 19 2009 1:28PM EDT ...

Patricia Cornwell is back in Richmond. And in her imagination, so is Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the fictional medical examiner and master sleuth whom Cornwell has written into a major literary ...

Patricia Cornwell won a judgment of $50.9 million against her former financial managers in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. Cornwell is the author of the bestselling Kay Scarpetta mystery novels.

(CBS News) Crime writer Patricia Cornwell took ownership of the CSI pop culture trend Wednesday on "CBS This Morning." Asked if she felt sort of like the "mother of CSI," the author said "I do.