The author was known for her many works and serving as the inspiration for Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

In this surpassingly excellent historical and psychologically intricate mystery, the fourth to feature ``inquiry agent,'' William Monk, former policeman in Victorian England, Perry ( Defend and Betray ...

London-born crime author Anne Perry, who was jailed as a teenager for murdering her friend’s mother, has died at the age of 84, her agent has confirmed. A statement from Ki Agency said: “Anne was a ...

Bestselling English author Anne Perry summed up her writing habits simply: "I'm awake and I'm working." Speaking to Pasatiempo from Los Angeles, the creator of two well-known Victorian-era detective ...

Anne Perry, the prolific crime novelist, died at a Los Angeles hospital on Monday, her literary agent Meg Davis confirmed to the New York Times. Perry was 84. Perry, who was born as Juliet Marion ...

Crime writer Anne Perry, who was convicted as a teen of helping bludgeon to death the mother of a friend, has died at the age of 84. The author died in a hospital in Los Angeles after experiencing a ...

The London-born author was sentenced to five years in prison for her part in the 1954 murder of her best friend's mother Digital News Writer, PEOPLE Late crime novelist Anne Perry, dubbed the "queen ...

Anne Perry, the historical crime novelist with a grisly past of her own, died Monday in Los Angeles, according to numerous reports. She was 84. A jury found the girls guilty of bludgeoning Honorah ...

Anne Perry, the prolific London-born author of historical and socially conscious crime fiction who in her teens served five years in prison for murder, a sordid past that came to wide attention with ...

She was well into her career as a prolific author of historical crime fiction when a murderous past was publicly revealed and dramatized in a 1994 movie. By Anita Gates Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column ...

Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk detective series and for her own murderous past that inspired the movie “Heavenly Creatures,” has died at age 84.