Local Authors
Writers from Bergen County — past and present
Alvin Trusty
Known as the "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark lived in Saddle River and was named a Bergen County Legend by the Bergen County Historical Society. One of America's most successful suspense writers, she wrote more than 50 novels with worldwide sales in the hundreds of millions. Her books feature resilient women protagonists who face terrifying danger with courage and intelligence.
Books
Nancy Harmon lost her two children in a past tragedy. Now remarried with a new family, the nightmare begins again when her children go missing on a snowy Cape Cod morning.
A young woman becomes the target of the same killer who murdered a journalist's wife — with hours to spare before a wrongful execution.
A young prosecutor witnesses something suspicious at a hospital, putting her on a collision course with a brilliant doctor hiding a monstrous secret.
A New Jersey TV journalist discovers a woman who is the spitting image of her dead mother — and uncovers a dark secret that puts her life in danger.