Carol Anne O'Marie
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Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., (August 28, 1933Template:SndsMay 27, 2009) was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer.[1]
She wrote eleven novels, whose protagonist is Sister Mary Helen, an elderly sister who solves crimes. Most of the books are based in San Francisco, California, where O'Marie was born.[2] Sister Carol Anne also ran a shelter for homeless women with Sister Maureen Lyons in Oakland, California.[3]
She died, aged 75, from Parkinson's disease on May 27, 2009.[4]
Sister Carol Anne wrote Like a Swarm of Bees, published by Graphic Visions in 2010. She finished the manuscript shortly before her death. It was written to recall a prophecy and a promise spoken in 1805 by the Abbé Piron of Saint-Étienne, France, by which he foretold that the Sisters of St. Joseph would increase in number and "like a swarm of bees" spread everywhere.[5]
Bibliography
Sister Mary Helen Mysteries[6]
- Novena for Murder (Book 1), 1984
- Advent of Dying (Book 2), 1986
- The Missing Madonna (Book 3), 1988
- Murder in Ordinary Time (Book 4), 1991
- Murder Makes a Pilgrimage (Book 5), 1993
- Death Goes on Retreat (Book 6), 1995
- Death of an Angel (Book 7), 1997
- Death Takes Up a Collection (Book 8), 1998
- Requiem at the Refuge (Book 9), 2000
- The Corporal Works of Murder (Book 10), 2002
- Murder at the Monks' Table (Book 11), 2006
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