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Carol Anne O'Marie

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Carol Anne O'Marie
Personal life
Born(1933-08-28)August 28, 1933
DiedMay 27, 2009(2009-05-27) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
Religious life
ReligionRoman Catholic
OrderReligious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
ProfessionWriter

Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., (August 28, 1933 – May 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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Sister Carol Anne O'Marie". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Books by Carol Anne O'marie and Complete Book Reviews". PublishersWeekly.com. August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Third Age.com". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007.
  4. ^ "Services Monday for Bay Area nun, mystery novelist". May 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "Carondolet Artists". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Sister Mary Helen (Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)". www.detecs.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.