Perri O'Shaughnessy is the
pen name
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of the authors Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy, sisters who live in
Northern California
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. Pamela, a
Harvard Law School
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graduate, was a
trial lawyer
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for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. Their novels have been translated into many languages including Dutch, German, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Several have been
New York Times bestsellers.
Published books
;Nina Reilly novels
*Motion to Suppress, 1995
*Invasion of Privacy, 1996
*Obstruction of Justice, 1997
*Breach of Promise, 1998
*Acts of Malice, 1999
*Move to Strike, 2000
*Writ of Execution, 2001
*Unfit to Practice, 2002
*Presumption of Death, 2003
*Unlucky in Law, 2004
*Case of Lies, 2005
*Show No Fear, 2008
*Dreams of the Dead, 2011
;Other
*Sinister Shorts, 2006, collection of short stories
*Keeper of the Keys, 2007, novel
References
External links
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Interview with Perri O'Shaughnessy - Readers ReadAuthor Perri O'Shaughnessy Biography and Book List - Fresh FictionPerri O'Shaughnessy - Move to Strike Book Review - BookPageAudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Author Perri O'ShaughnessyBook Review: Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'Shaughnessy - TracyReaderDad Book Reviews
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American crime writers
Sister duos
Collective pseudonyms
Living people
American women mystery writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Pseudonymous women writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers
21st-century pseudonymous writers