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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.