Deborah Coonts


Deborah Coonts is an American novelist and lawyer best known for her Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventures series of romantic, humorous mystery novels.

Early life and education

Coonts grew up in Dallas, Texas, where she attended the Hockaday preparatory school. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, and received a Master's degree in small business finance from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, a Master of Laws in taxation from New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.

Career

Coonts was admitted to the Texas Bar Association in 1989 and practiced tax law in Colorado after being admitted to its bar in 1990.
While still practicing law, she wrote for Aviation for Women magazine from 1999 to 2005.
Her first book, Wanna Get Lucky?, was included in The New York Times "Notable Crime Books of 2010" and was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America's 2011 RITA award in the categories of "Best First Book" and "Novel With Strong Romantic Elements." Lucky Bastard, fourth in the Lucky O'Toole series, was released by Forge Books in May 2013 and was a Denver Post bestseller in June 2013.
An essay by Coonts was included in the anthology Fade, Sag, Crumble: Ten Las Vegas Writers Confront Decay, published by CityLife Books in 2011.
In a 2012 interview with The Big Thrill magazine, Coonts said her debut series is based in Las Vegas because "the whole world wanders through Vegas. The stories are endless."

Personal life

Coonts is a licensed commercial pilot and instrument rated flight instructor in single-engine land and sea planes. She lives in Las Vegas and has one son. She was married to novelist Stephen Coonts.

Books

Fiction

Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventures series

  • Wanna Get Lucky?
  • Lucky Stiff
  • So Damn Lucky
  • Lucky Bastard
  • Lucky Catch
  • Lucky Break
  • Lucky the Hard Way
  • Lucky Ride
  • Lucky Score
  • Lucky Ce Soir
  • Lucky Enough

    Brinda Rose Humorous Mystery series

  • 90 Days to Score

    Kate Sawyer Medical Thriller series

  • After Me
  • Deadfall

    Other books

  • Deep Water
  • Crushed
  • The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky
  • Lucky Double
  • The Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure Boxset 1
  • The Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure Boxset 2
  • ''The Complete Lucky O’Toole Novella Collection''

    Novellas

  • Lucky In Love
  • Lucky Bang
  • Lucky Now and Then
  • ''Lucky Flash''

    Non-fiction

  • Fade, Sag, Crumble: Ten Las Vegas Writers Confront Decay