Patricia Cornwell: The book that changed me

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Patricia Cornwell is one of America’s best-selling crime writers, who puts female characters front and centre. From her forensic thrillers following pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, to her latest novel Spin, charting the mission of scientist and NASA pilot, Captain Calli Chase, her books have sold more than 100 million copies around the world. Patricia tells us about the impact the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe had on her life as a writer. (Photo: Patricia Cornwell. Credit: Patrick Ecclesine)