Trivia / Daddy's Little Girl

• Write What You Know: Like protagonist Ellie, Mary Higgins Clark also lost an older sibling at a young age; her older brother died when she was still in high school (although he died of spinal meningitis rather than homicide). Also like Ellie, Higgins Clark was the first person to find a deceased family member as a child; when she was about twelve years old she found her father's body following a fatal heart attack.

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