The Mary Higgins Clark Chair
The English Department at Fordham University is deeply grateful to the renowned novelist and FCLC alumna, Mary Higgins Clark, for endowing The Mary Higgins Clark Chair. Each year, an acclaimed genre writer joins the Fordham community giving our students access to superlative mentoring and advice.
The Queen of Suspense
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, You Don’t Own Me, and Piece of My Heart. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.
