Patricia Cornwell's award winning books include A Time To
Remember, Postmortem, Cruel and Unusual, and Book of the Dead. Some
of the awards she was earned include: ECPA Gold Medallion Book
Award in the Biography/Autobiography category, Edgar Award, John
Creasey Memorial Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, and the Prix
du Roman d'Adventures. She is currently the only author to have
ever won the Edgar Award, John Creasey Memorial Award, Anthony
Award, and Macavity Award all in the same year. She is also the
only American writer to have earned the British Book Awards' Crime
Thriller of the Year award. Here is a full list of awards she has
earned and the book that caused her to win the award:
ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award in the Biography/Autobiography
category for A Time For Remembering (1985)
Edgar Award, John Creasey Memorial Award, Anthony Award, and
Macavity Award for Postmortem (1991)
Prix du Roman d'Adventures for Postmortem (1992)
Gold Dagger for Cruel and Unusual (1993)
Sherlock Award for Best Detective for the character Kay
Scarpetta (1999)
British Book Awards' Crime Thriller of the Year for Book of the
Dead (2008)