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Catherine O'Connell

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Chicago, The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers, Thriller, Mystery

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February 2009


Chicago native Catherine O'Connell is the author of five novels: First Tracks, The Last Night Out, Well Read and Dead, Well Bred and Dead, and Skins.

A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Journalism, she has worked in a number of roles in various fields, including hotel maid, bar manager, floor runner at the Chicago Board of Trade, sommelier, and sales executive in the fine wine business. Her varied experiences give her insight into many walks of life that she incorporates into her writing.

A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, she sits on the board of the Aspen Words, the literary branch of the Aspen Institute. She has also served as a moderator of the Great Books and Sharing Shakespeare programs at the As ...more

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Catherine O'Connell and 6 other people liked Cheryl's review of First Tracks (An Aspen Mystery #1):
First Tracks by Catherine O'Connell
"Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours. - Spalding Gray

Greta Westerlind is 35 years old and has been in Aspen, Colorado since her Swedish mother died and her tw" Read more of this review »
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Catherine O'Connell and 43 other people liked Maureen Carden's review of The Last Night Out:
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"It’s a hell of a bachelorette party when you wake with a stranger in your bed. Then hell gets even hotter when you remember you are the bride. But the guy is hot, so maybe it ain’t all bad. Wait, wait, what are you thinking?
But then hell really turns" Read more of this review »
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Catherine O'Connell and 2 other people liked PEGOLOTTI DELLA's review of First Tracks (An Aspen Mystery #1):
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"What I really liked about this book is the unique protagonist, a savvy ski patroller named Greta Westerlind. She's wants to get to the bottom of the mystery of why she and a friend were skiing in dangerous terrain that tooks her friend's life and lef" Read more of this review »
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Catherine O'Connell and 2 other people liked Caroline Reid's review of The Ski Resort (An Aspen Mystery #1):
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I read this book in no time, perhaps about the same speed as it takes to ski down a mountain lol.

The opening to the book captured me straight away and I felt the anxiety and claustrophobia of Greta as the avalanche came down around her. Greta can’t " Read more of this review »
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