Perri O'Shaughnessy

Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pseudonym of the two American sisters and writers Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy .

Live and act

Mary O'Shaughnessy studied literature and worked for many years as an editor in various publishing houses. At the same time she wrote scripts and was responsible for the texts of several multimedia projects.

Pamela O'Shaughnessy studied law at Harvard University and, after successfully completing her degree, worked as a lawyer for almost twenty years.

Both sisters began to write during their studies; first on their own, later they tried it together. They were able to succeed as authors with great success and repeat this success. In addition to many short stories and short stories, the Nina Reilly cycle is her main work .

The two sisters live in Northern California .

Works (selection)

Short stories

• Sinister shorts. Short stories . Delacorte Press, New York 2006, ISBN 0-385-33797-3 .

Nina Reilly cycle

• Motion to suppress . Delacorte PRess, New York 1995, ISBN 0-38531-410-8 .
  • The negotiation . Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-353-01041-6 .
• Invasion of privacy . Headline Book Publ., London 1996, ISBN 0-7472-4756-0 .
  • Invasion of privacy . Goldmann, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-44208-7 .
• Obstruction of Justice . Delacorte Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-38531-870-7 .
  • Mitigating circumstances . Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-44209-5 .
• Breach of promise . Delacorte Press, New York 1998, ISBN 0-38531-872-3 .
  • In good faith . Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-45243-0 .
• Acts of malice . Delacorte Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-38533-276-9 .
  • With bad faith . Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-45242-2 .
• Move to strike . Delacorte Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-38533-277-7 .
  • Unwilling witness . Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-45241-4 .
• Writ to execution . Delacorte PRess, New York 2001, ISBN 0-38533-483-4 .
  • Only death was a witness . Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-45310-0 .
• Unfit to practice . Delacorte Press, New York 2002, ISBN 0-38533-484-2 .
• Presumption of death . Delacorte Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-38533-645-4 .
  • The flames of envy . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-45660-6 .
• Unlucky in law . Delacorte Press, New York 2004, ISBN 0-38533-646-2 .
  • In the garb of death . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-46018-2 .
• Case of lies . Delacorte Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-38533-795-7 .
  • Dangerous lies . Goldmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-46019-0 .
• Show no fear . Pocket Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-4439-5 .
• Dreams of the dead . Pocket Books, New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-4165-4974-1 .

Individual works

• Keeper of the keys. Novel . Delacorte Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-38533-796-0 .
  • Where the dead rest. Psychological thriller . Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-46390-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contents: Long walk. - Success without college. - Dead money. - O'Shay's special case. - House afire. - His master's hand. - Gertrude Stein solves a mystery. - Furnace man. - trio. - Second head. - Chocolate milkshake. - Young lady. - Juggernaut. - Couple behind the curtain. - Sandstorm. - Tiny angels. - To still the beating of her heart. - Lemons. - Grandmother's tale.

Web links

• Literature by and about Perri O'Shaughnessy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Perri O'Shaughnessy