Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name

Pen name

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 for two sisters, Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy, who live in Northern California

Northern California

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. Pamela, a Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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 graduate, was a trial lawyer 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, Japanese and Turkish. Several have been New York Times bestsellers.

Literature

• 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 works:
  • Sinister Shorts, 2006, collection of short stories
  • Keeper of the Keys, 2007, novel

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