Mary Jane Clark
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Mary Jane Clark in an American author of ten suspense novels, all of them influenced by her three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. In each of her books, she plots murder mysteries investigated and solved by the characters who work at KEY News, the fictional television news world she has created.
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[edit] 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, Clark's interest in suspense started at an early age. [1] She attended high school at the Immaculate Heart Academy, in Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, graduating in 1972. With the goal of working in television news, she graduated from the University of Rhode Island with degrees in journalism and political science. [2] She started her professional career as a desk assistant at CBS News headquarters in New York City, eventually becoming a producer and writer. [3]
[edit] Present
Clark resides in Hillsdale, New Jersey.[4] She has two children, a daughter, Elizabeth and a son, David who has Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited form of developmental disability. Mary Jane currently serves on the advisory board of the FRAXA Research Foundation; a non-profit organization that supports scientific research aimed at finding a treatment or a cure for the condition. [5]
Clark's former mother-in-law is the well-known American author Mary Higgins Clark.[4]
[edit] Books
- 1998 Do You Want to Know a Secret
- 1999 Do You Promise Not to Tell
- 2000 Let Me Whisper in Your Ear
- 2001 Close To You
- 2002 Nobody Knows
- 2003 Nowhere to Run
- 2004 Hide Yourself Away
- 2005 Dancing in the Dark
- 2006 Lights Out Tonight
- 2007 When Day Breaks
[edit] References
- ^ Mary Jane Clark. Letter.
- ^ Mary Jane Clark. About the Author.
- ^ Harper Collins. Interview.
- ^ a b Hudson Reporter. No Confusion Necessary, as Author Clark Visits Weehawken.
- ^ FRAXA. About FRAXA People.
