Carol O'Connell is an author of crime fiction, with a large series of crime books focusing around the character Kathy Mallory. The first book of twelve novels about Mallory is Mallory's Oracle. O'Connell has two stand-alone novels, Judas Child and Bone by Bone.
O'Connell gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Arizona State University, but was unsuccessful as an artist and began writing novels as a hobby.
Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_O%27Connell)
