With the release of SCARPETTA, her sixteenth novel featuring the title character, Patricia Cornwell is “for the first time, welcoming the media into the sprawling farmhouse-style home she shares with Staci Gruber, 41, whom she married in 2006. Cornwell, 52, has never before discussed their marriage with a mainstream US publication. She did talk about it this year with The Advocate, a gay magazine, and she has spoken with the British press. She considers her sexual orientation enormously private.” She tells USAT, “I’m not a soapbox kind of person. My private life is not 100% comfortable, but I’ve decided these […]