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Dedicated with Doug Brunt

Patricia Cornwell

Dedicated with Doug Brunt

SiriusXM

Over Drinks, Books, Tv & Film, Novels, Lounge, Doug Brunt, Megyn Kelly, Author, Cocktail, Arts, Book

5.0599 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Patricia Cornwell: anejo tequila Patricia reveals that one of the most famous characters in all of fiction, Kay Scarpetta, will soon be portrayed by Nicole Kidman, shares never-before-told stories of her childhood and the difficult times during her mother’s mental illness, paying her dues in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in VA which brought so much of forensic science to literature and film, why outlining books doesn’t work for her, the ups and downs of her life with Billy and Ruth Bell Graham, the problem with the 3rd-person omniscient narrator when it comes to her novels, how she persevered through the rejection of many attempts at a novel early in her career, and describes the comfort and beauty of what she and Kay Scarpetta find in a good marriage.

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Welcome to Dedicated dedicated i'm your host dog brunt today we're talking with one of the legends in the business patricia cornwell is a multi-award winning novelist

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and investigative journalist her protagonist the medical examiner k scarpetta is one of the most

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famous characters in all of fiction. And I say

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this with confidence because Patricia Cornwell has sold more than 100 million books. Her work has

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inspired many TV shows and films and other writers. And she's out today with her latest

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unnatural death. And Patricia, it's an honor to have you here with us. Well, you're, you're my launch chief now, see? I mean, who would I rather talk to first off when my book is hit in the streets than you? Well, wow. Thank you for having me. Doubly honored. And I'm excited for your for your drink choice. Anejo tequila. Yes. So I learned a little bit as I was shopping out for the show. I learned a little bit

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about tequila that I didn't really know the difference between In Aho and another kind of tequila,

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but I learned that means it's aged in the barrel a little longer. Right. And one aged thing tends to

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like another I found as I go along in life. Do you have it with ice or just...

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Ice and, you know, a little splash water.

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If it's a nice, Anyahu, a nice tequila, you don't really need anything else.

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And people don't understand that really good tequila is like really good scotch or cognac.

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It's like a really fine liquor and spirit. And it's, you want to get the nuances of it. It's really nice. And tequila is more of, it actually is more of an energizing kind of drink. It's not quite as depressant as other types of spirits. It actually makes you put you in a good mood.

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