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==Later life & legacy== After being released from prison in 1959, Juliet returned to England and became a flight attendant. For a period she lived in the United States, where she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She later settled in the Scottish village of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmahomack Portmahomack] where she lived with her mother. Juliet took the name Anne Perry. Her first novel, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cater_Street_Hangman The Cater Street Hangman]'', was published under this name in 1979. Her works generally fall fell under the genre of murder mystery and detective fiction. Her story "Heroes" won the 2001 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Award Edgar Award] for Best Short Story. Anne is a New York Times best-selling author. In 1994 a film was made based around the "Parker-Hulme" murder case called ''Heavenly Creatures. ''In 2005, Perry appeared on the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Goddard_(TV_Series) Trisha]'' show to discuss her crime. A 2009 documentary film, ''Anne Perry Interiors'', was made which detailed her life and crime. [[File:Thomaspitt.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Anne's most famous creation, Thomas Pitt, as portrayed by Eoin McCarthy]] Anne's most well know character is detective [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pitt_(character) Thomas Pitt] , the main character in 32 of her novels, including her debut novel ''The Cater Street Hangman''. ''The Cater Street Hangman ''was adapted into a made-for-TV movie in 1998, which starred Eoin McCarthy as Thomas Pitt. Her latest book ''Triple Jeopardy'' was published in 2019. ''Triple Jeopardy'' is the second book to feature Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel Pitt, as the main character. Perry had a heart attack in December 2022, and died at a hospital in Los Angeles on 10 April 2023, aged 84. Her novel ''The Fourth Enemy'' was published the day after her death.
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