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)