Who is Edna Buchanan?
Edna Buchanan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who made her mark at the Miami Herald for nearly two decades on the police beat. After winning the Pulitzer in 1986, she went on to write a series of mystery novels whose heroine, Cuban-American Britt Montero, also is a crime reporter in Miami. In interviews, Edna Buchanan denied the Britt Montero character is her alter ego, claiming the fictional heroine is much more of an active participant in her news stories than she ever was in her own. Edna Buchanan also wrote several nonfiction books based on her experiences covering crime in Miami, including The Corpse Had a Familiar Face.
Edna Buchanan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who made her mark at the Miami Herald for nearly two decades on the police beat. After winning the Pulitzer in 1986, she went on to write a series of mystery novels whose heroine, Cuban-American Britt Montero, also is a crime reporter in Miami. In interviews, Edna Buchanan denied the Britt Montero character is her alter ego, claiming the fictional heroine is much more of an active participant in her news stories than she ever was in her own. Edna Buchanan also wrote several nonfiction books based on her experiences covering crime in Miami, including The Corpse Had a Familiar Face. She was born in 1939 in Paterson, New Jersey. From the age of 7, she grew up in a household held together by a single parent. Her father, who worked in a factory, had deserted his wife and daughter. Money was tight, and Edna Buchanan held part-time jobs throughout her adolescence to bring in extra money. After high school, she wired switchboards in Paterson
