Patricia Cornwell & Tosca Lee: Thrilled to Death & Destiny

Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal, high magic treat. And I'm not just throwing the M-word around. The true tales shared here are nothing short of supernatural and will help you BELIEVE in a universe that wants what you want. One that can't help but clear the path when you keep showing up. I had full-body goosebumps several times during this conversation. With NO idea when I imagined matchmaking for this episode that Patricia and Tosca would have such outrageously mysterious stories BEHIND their stories or that they’d have shared such unbelievable synchronicities, I'm still in a bit of a daze. Patricia joins us at the start of her tour for Autopsy , the 25th novel in her bestselling Scarpetta series. Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has returned to Virginia as the chief medical examiner to hunt an ingenious killer who's mastered cutting-edge science for the most nefarious ends. Patricia, who in real life has been described as a female James Bond—and you'll soon hear why—tells us how to use our fear as fuel, and I'm all ears. The woman who admits to being scared all the time has somehow made me feel twenty kinds of courage in our hour together. I asked Tosca which of her novels ( A Single Light , The Legend of Sheba , Iscariot , Demon , the Book of Mortal series...) would be a good fit with Autopsy . We decided on The Progeny and its sequel, Firstborn , about the descendants of the real-life Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, the most prolific female serial killer in history—which may or may not have been a conspiracy. We've got a lot to cover. Craft. Passion. Destiny. Rejection. Locations. Training. And ghosts, as in real ones who write through us. Does that make them ghostwriters? Hmmm. Boo! I'm frightfully happy you're here. xo

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Patricia Cornwell & Tosca Lee: Thrilled to Death & Destiny is an episode from Beautiful Writers Podcast by Linda Sivertsen.

This episode is 71:26 long.

This episode was published on Oct 31, 2021.

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