Background
Leslie O'Kane was born in California and grew up in upstate New York.
8 Ashburton Pl, Boston, MA 02108, United States
Leslie received a degree in journalism from Suffolk University.
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
Leslie received a two year degree from the University of Colorado, as an electrical engineer technician.
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Leslie O'Kane
(Interior decorator, Erin Gilbert heads to picturesque Cre...)
Interior decorator, Erin Gilbert heads to picturesque Crestview, Colorado for a friendly (if sharks are friendly) competition: She’ll design a room in one home; and the impossibly handsome Steve Sullivan - her main rival - will do a room in another. The prize? A big feature in Denver Magazine, showcasing their interior design business. Who could have dreamed the uproar to ensue in a neighborhood full of eccentric homeowners, jealously hidden secrets and a few marriages in need of total makeovers?
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Inferior-Design-Domestic-Mystery/dp/1503058107/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(In Crestview, Colorado, homeowners are getting their hous...)
In Crestview, Colorado, homeowners are getting their houses in picture-perfect shape for the upcoming Historic Home Tour. Interior designer, Erin Gilbert is hired to renovate Francine Findley’s magnificent Victorian mansion. But from the very beginning of her job, things are totally out of control.
https://www.amazon.com/Manor-Death-Domestic-Bliss-Mystery/dp/1503058433/?tag=2022091-20
2006
(Once they were competitors. Then they became partners. No...)
Once they were competitors. Then they became partners. Now interior designers Erin Gilbert and Steve Sullivan wish they’d never gotten involved in a feng shui - inspired makeover - of a home owned by a celebrity chef and his wife, a famous artist with an infamous artistic temperament.
https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Feng-Domestic-Bliss-Mystery/dp/044033599X/?tag=2022091-20
2007
(Green with envy To the newly formed design team of Steve ...)
Green with envy To the newly formed design team of Steve Sullivan and Erin Gilbert, it seemed like a great idea: a competition to design and build the most earth-friendly home in Crestview, Colorado.
https://www.amazon.com/Poisoned-Gilt-Domestic-Bliss-Mysteries/dp/0440336007/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(Meet Allie Babcock – The Audacious Dog Therapist with a F...)
Meet Allie Babcock – The Audacious Dog Therapist with a Flair for Sleuthing At her brand new shop in Boulder, Allie’s very first client is a dejected collie whose previous owner allegedly took her own life. But with a natural nose for crime, Allie soon suspects murder—leaving her dejected canine client as possibly the sole witness to the crime.the pen…
https://www.amazon.com/Play-Dead-Leslie-OKane/dp/1495368106/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Everybody agrees that talented mom Patty Birch is the per...)
Everybody agrees that talented mom Patty Birch is the perfect president to lead the Carlton Central School PTA to new accomplishments. Under her steady stewardship, the organization verges on winning a prestigious award. Her skills, however, are sorely tested when angry board members assemble to discuss a secret video that reveals their pettiness and ineptitude.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Comes-Molly-Masters-Mystery/dp/1496029313/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Dress rehearsal for the PTA fundraiser is at its chaotic ...)
Dress rehearsal for the PTA fundraiser is at its chaotic peak when one of the seven identical clowns cavorting on stage pulls out a gun and shoots the director, Corrinne Buldock. Molly Masters, also dressed as a clown, is a stunned and baffled witness to the killing.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Talent-Molly-Masters-Mystery/dp/1496029100/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Smart, talented interior designer Erin Gilbert is becomin...)
Smart, talented interior designer Erin Gilbert is becoming great friends with her free-spending client, Laura Smith, whose stunning mansion is brimming with rare, expensive antique until she realizes the fabulous treasures she so carefully acquired for Laura have been completely replaced with fakes!
https://www.amazon.com/False-Premises-Domestic-Bliss-Mystery/dp/1503058131/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(With her nuptials less than 3 weeks away, Erin Gilbert is...)
With her nuptials less than 3 weeks away, Erin Gilbert is designing a wine cellar for Aunt Bea - Steve Sullivan's honorary “Aunt” (who Steve privately calls “the loon from the family closet”). But Erin, not as much of a skeptic as Steve, fears that Aunt Bea's prediction that they “unleashed an evil spirit” during construction in her cellar could come true!
https://www.amazon.com/Funerals-Wedding-Domestic-Bliss-Mystery/dp/1503058697/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(With the bring-your-own-pets policy of the expo, Allie's ...)
With the bring-your-own-pets policy of the expo, Allie's dog-phobic boyfriend is hyperventilating as soon as they enter the building. When he runs into his gorgeous-but-crazy ex-girlfriend and her parrot, Magoo, sparks are flying in all the wrong directions
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Beagles-Allie-Babcock-Mystery/dp/1511400803/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(Welcome to Creede, a lovely little western town in the Co...)
Welcome to Creede, a lovely little western town in the Colorado Rockies. This year's renowned theater production stars an Australian Shepherd with stage fright, two backstage love triangles, a shifty stagehand...and a real-life murder. Dog therapist Allie Babcock has grasped the brass ring of work assignments - stunning scenery, the love of her life at her side, and stage-training a brilliant Australian Shepherd and an adorable Pug.
https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Drama-Allie-Babcock-Mysteries/dp/1974096661/?tag=2022091-20
2017
(What can possibly go wrong at the annual dog show? Allie ...)
What can possibly go wrong at the annual dog show? Allie Babcock and her life partner, Baxter McClelland, get more than they bargained for when they accept jobs at the Fort Collins, Colorado, annual dog show.
https://www.amazon.com/Terrier-Terror-Allie-Babcock-Mystery/dp/179388661X/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Leslie O'Kane was born in California and grew up in upstate New York.
Leslie attended college in Oswego, New York, without earning a degree. She then received a degree in journalism from Suffolk University and a two year degree as an electrical engineer technician from the University of Colorado.
While getting her degree at Suffolk University, Boston, Leslie worked as a cocktail waitress. One night, the bar was robbed and she was taken hostage for five hours. Now armed with something to write about - but disenchanted with the city - she soon graduated, packed up her Toyota Corolla, and headed west, intending to move to California to work in a vineyard. En route, she visited Boulder, Colorado - and never left. Although she never lost her desire to write novels, the necessity of earning a living took precedence. After earning a two-year degree as an electrical engineer technician, she was hired by IBM to repair computers, where she met her husband. She subsequently worked as a technical writer and ran a freelance business. Around the time her second child was born, she began writing again, promising herself that she'd quit if she still wasn't published by the time her son graduated first grade. A contract offer for her first book, Death and Faxes, came four months before her son finished first grade.
Today Leslie is the author of twenty-eight novels. She is the creator of 'Allie Babcock', a dog therapist and amateur sleuth, and 'Mollie Masters', a greeting-card designer. Some of her books are written under the pseudonym 'Leslie Caine'. She is also the author of advice column for monthly newsletter for her local chapter of Sisters in Crime.
(Smart, talented interior designer Erin Gilbert is becomin...)
2015(Interior decorator, Erin Gilbert heads to picturesque Cre...)
2005(What can possibly go wrong at the annual dog show? Allie ...)
2019(Meet Allie Babcock – The Audacious Dog Therapist with a F...)
2014(Green with envy To the newly formed design team of Steve ...)
2008(With her nuptials less than 3 weeks away, Erin Gilbert is...)
2015(Dress rehearsal for the PTA fundraiser is at its chaotic ...)
2014(Everybody agrees that talented mom Patty Birch is the per...)
2014(With the bring-your-own-pets policy of the expo, Allie's ...)
2015(In Crestview, Colorado, homeowners are getting their hous...)
2006(Welcome to Creede, a lovely little western town in the Co...)
2017(Once they were competitors. Then they became partners. No...)
2007(An Allie Babcock mystery.)
2002O'Kane is a member of Sisters in Crime and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
Leslie is married to Michael O'Kane. They have two children: Carol and Andrew.