Find Your Daily Voice
45°
Grandson Of Bergen County Author Mary Higgins Clark Dies In PA Crash
Jerome "Jerry" Derenzo of Saddle River, New Jersey died in a car crash in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania early on Friday, Nov. 17, authorities say. He was 31.
Derenzo, the grandson of the late best-selling novelist Mary Higgins Clark, was headed west on Sunbury Road in Barry Township when he lost control of his truck before 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said.
Posted by Jerry Derenzo on Friday, January 31, 2020
His Chevrolet C/K 3500 hit an embankment after leaving the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
Derenzo attended St. Joseph’s Re…
'Queen OF Suspense': Mary Higgins Clark, Best-Selling Novelist From NJ, Dead At 92
Best-selling suspense novel author and former New Jersey resident Mary Higgins Clark died on Friday in Naples, Florida of natural causes. She was 92.
A Bronx, N.Y. native, Higgins moved to Bergen County and even set many of her works in the Garden State.
She had more than 50 novels published, 40 of which were bestsellers, and millions were sold across the U.S.
Simon & Schuster, her publisher, announced her death Friday, affectionately remembering her as the "Queen of Suspense."
"Nobody ever bonded more completely with her readers than Mary did," her longtime editor Michael Korda…
