Ken Bruen

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Galway, Ireland

gender

male

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Ken Bruen, born in Galway in 1951, is the author of The Guards (2001), the highly acclaimed first Jack Taylor novel. He spent twenty-five years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, S.E. Asia and South America. His novel Her Last Call to Louis Mac Niece (1997) is in production for Pilgrim Pictures, his "White Trilogy" has been bought by Channel 4, and The Guards is to be filmed in Ireland by De Facto Films.

He has won Two Shamus awards by Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novel of the year for The Guards(2004) and The Dramatist(2007).

He has also received The Best series Award in February 2007 for the Jack Taylor novels from The Crime Writers Association

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Ken Bruen's Books

Average rating: 3.90 · 11,058 ratings · 1,368 reviews · 65 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,568 ratings — published 2001 — 22 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 Killing Of The Tinkers (Jack Taylor, #2) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 2002 — 18 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 Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 2003 — 15 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
	Priest (Jack Taylor, #5) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2006 — 17 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 Dramatist (Jack Taylor, #4) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2003 — 17 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
	Bust (Max & Angela, #1 - Hard Case Crime, #20) by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 2006 — 8 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
	Cross (Jack Taylor, #6) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 471 ratings — published 2007 — 20 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
	Once Were Cops 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2008 — 6 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
	London Boulevard 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2002 — 13 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
	Sanctuary (Jack Taylor, #7) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2008 — 2 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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Series by Ken Bruen

Jack Taylor (9 books)
by Ken Bruen
4.001968856273492 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5,587 ratings

Inspector Brant (7 books)
by Ken Bruen
4.012772351615327 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,331 ratings

Max & Angela (3 books)
by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
3.6553030303030303 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,056 ratings

Hard Case Crime (3 books)
by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
3.6553030303030303 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,056 ratings

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Quotes by Ken Bruen

“There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.”
― Ken Bruen, The Killing Of The Tinkers

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“The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.”
― Ken Bruen

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“I get through some print.”
― Ken Bruen, The Guards

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