Perri O'Shaughnessy

Perri O’Shaughnessy is the pen name for sisters Mary and Pamela O’Shaughnessy. They grew up in Southern California and spent their summers reading Perry Mason novels at the beach. Mary attended UC Santa Barbara and studied English literature and Pam went on to law school at Harvard. After years of practicing law, Pam teamed up with Mary and they began a writing collaboration that has lasted for many years. They are the authors of thirteen national and New York Times bestselling legal suspense novels in the Nina Reilly series as well as the stand-alone suspense novel Keeper of the Keys and a collection of short stories, Sinister Shorts. Pamela lives in Hawaii and Mary in California.