Edna Buchanan was born on March 16, 1938 in Patterson, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer, known for
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994),
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995) and
Nobody Lives Forever (1998). She has been married to Thomas M. Smith since May 4, 2010. She was previously married to James C. Buchanan and Emmett R. Miller.