Carol O'Connell

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Carol O'Connell (born May 26, 1947, in New York [1] ) is an author of crime fiction, including a series of a dozen mysteries featuring a sociopathic but gifted detective, Kathy Mallory.

O'Connell earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Arizona State University and embarked on a career as an artist, writing fiction "in the closet" as a hobby. [1] [2] She grew more interested in writing fiction than in her art career and, after initially having the manuscript for her first book, Mallory's Oracle , turned down by American publishers, she sold publication rights to a British publisher, Hutchinson, with rights auctioned to European publishers. It then was acquired for the U.S. and Canadian markets by Putnam in an $800,000 two-book deal. [3] [4]

Bibliography

NYPD Det. Kathy Mallory

  1. Mallory's Oracle - May 1994
  2. The Man Who Cast Two Shadows - July 1, 1996; UK: The Man Who Lied to Women
  3. Killing Critics - UK: July 17, 1997
  4. Stone Angel - July 1, 1998; UK: Flight of the Stone Angel - December 19, 2006
  5. Shell Game - August 1, 2000
  6. Crime School - September 9, 2002
  7. Dead Famous - September 7, 2004; UK: The Jury Must Die - August 19, 2004
  8. Winter House - September 6, 2005
  9. Find Me - October 2, 2007; UK: Shark Music - May 1, 2008
  10. The Chalk Girl - July 3, 2012
  11. It Happens In The Dark - UK: August 20, 2013
  12. Blind Sight - September 20, 2016

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References

  1. 1 2 Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd ed., Greenwood Press, 2007, p. 192, ISBN   0-313-33428-5
  2. "An Unlikable Lady Detective: PW Talks with Carol O'Connell". Publishers Weekly. 31 May 2013.
  3. "Carol O'Connell rises to the task". Triviana. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  4. Feldman, Gayle (31 January 1994). "'Mallory's Oracle' Predicts Megabucks for First Novelist". Publishers Weekly. 241 (5): 24–25 via EBSCO.