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Michael Connelly

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Raymond Chandler, Joseph Wambaugh, Ross Macdonald

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Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986,...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with 18 more novels.
Connelly's books have been translated in 35 languages and have won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), and Premio Bancarella Award (Italy).
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael was one of the creators, writers, and consulting producers of Level 9, a TV show about a task force fighting cyber crime, that ran on UPN in the Fall of 2000.
Michael lives with his family in Florida.

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	The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller, #1) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 64,384 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 37,797 ratings — published 1992 — 77 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1) 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 26,732 ratings — published 1995 — 77 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brass Verdict (Harry Bosch, #14; Mickey Haller, #2) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 17,306 ratings — published 2008 — 73 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller, #4) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 16,364 ratings — published 2011 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Work 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 16,318 ratings — published 1997 — 58 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 16,394 ratings — published 1993 — 61 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 15,927 ratings — published 1995 — 62 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 15,237 ratings — published 1997 — 58 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echo Park (Harry Bosch #12) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 15,776 ratings — published 2006 — 67 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michael Connelly made a comment in the group Crime & Thriller Group -- Featuring Michael Connelly, Jonathon King, and Kevin O'Brien — The New Books topic "Tyson wrote: "@ Michael: I've just finished reading Blood Work (great book) and was wondering how common the detectives like Arrango are? I get the im...more "
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Michael Connelly made a comment in the group Crime & Thriller Group -- Featuring Michael Connelly, Jonathon King, and Kevin O'Brien — Welcome! topic "Anne wrote: "For Mr.Connelly, I loved THE POET. Will Jack be coming Back? And, I enjoyed NINE DRAGONS, but I'm not sure that I like where you are taki...more "
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“There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.”
― Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict

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“What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.”
― Michael Connelly, Trunk Music

tags: hearing, observation, reality, truth

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“You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more."

("The Castle")”
― Michael Connelly

tags: perseverance, writing, writing-craft

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