Patricia Cornwell reveals how decades writing crime fiction prepared her to write her first memoir, True Crime, releasing May 5th. The legendary author discusses the Scarpetta TV adaptation, forensic science evolution, personal safety strategies, and the transformative power of telling her own story after a lifetime of fictional narratives. Cornwell's mother's psychiatric breakdown and attempt to give her children away to Billy Graham's family at age nine fundamentally shaped her worldview, trust patterns, and eventual career telling stories about trauma and survival.