Edna Buchanan was born on March 16, 1938 in Patterson, New Jersey, USA as Edna H. Rydzik. She is a writer, known for Cocaine Cowboys (2006), The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994) and Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995). She has been married to Thomas M. Smith since May 4, 2010. She was previously married to Emmett R.