Suspence Queen: Mary Higgins Clark

I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Higgins Clark earlier this week - what a lady! She came in the room with such energy - and such a glow about her - at 82 no less!

She had such spunk and sass - throwing out jokes, laughing at how she first got rejected at Simon & Schuster, talking with such enthusiasm about her most current book (AND the next to come!).

She's a perennial favorite in the suspense writing world - she might have been the first recognizable adult author I knew by name because of my Mother would read her on our family vacations. She is the author of 29 suspense novels. Her first book with Simon and Schuster - Where Are the Children - is in its 75th printing! And her books have sold over 100 million copies. And from the looks of it, she's not stopping anytime soon!

Her latest book - The Shadow of Your Smile - comes out next Tuesday 04/13. And she'll be on the TODAY show on Wednesday 04/14.

I hope you enjoy the video above, in which she offers a quick bit of advice to aspiring writiers.