Carol O'Connell explained

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

Standalone

• The Judas Child - June, 1998
• Bone by Bone - November 3, 2009

Notes and References

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