Michael Connelly
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| Born: | 1956-07-21 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Occupation: | novelist |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Genres: | Crime fiction |
| Influences: | Raymond Chandler |
| Website: | http://www.michaelconnelly.com/ |
Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Bosch, named after the Dutch painter of the same name, is the protagonist of a series of Connelly's novels. The character is an LAPD detective. The Black Echo, the first book featuring Bosch, won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best First Novel of 1992.
Connelly has written other books outside the Bosch series, including Blood Work, which was made into a 2002 movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. In 2006, The Lincoln Lawyer was selected as one of ten books to feature in Richard & Judy's televised book club.
Connelly is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelors degree in journalism in 1980. After graduation, he worked as a journalist in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1986 he co-authored an article which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize. Consequently, Connelly was offered a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Connelly has also written for television.
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[edit] Recurring Characters
- Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch - a (fictional) LAPD detective who retired and became a private investigator for a couple of novels, before returning to LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit (a fictional unit based on LAPD's actual Cold Case Homicide Unit [1]).
- Kizmin “Kiz” Rider - Bosch's partner in Hollywood homicide and the new Open Unsolved Unit
- Jerry Edgar - Bosch's partner in Hollywood homicide
- Eleanor Wish - Ex-FBI agent, ex-con and Bosch's ex-wife
- Frankie Sheehan (deceased) - Bosch's partner in the Robbery Homicide Division
- Terrell “Terry” McCaleb - former FBI agent
- Rachel Walling - FBI agent
- Mickey Haller - a criminal defense attorney and Harry Bosch's half brother
- Roy Lindell - FBI agent
- Irvin Irving - LAPD Deputy Chief
- John Chastain (deceased) - LAPD IAD Detective
- Harvey “Ninety-Eight” Pounds (deceased) - Bosch's ex-supervisor
- Lieutenant Grace Billets-Bosch's supervisor before he moved back to RHD
- Janis Langwiser - a criminal defense attorney
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Harry Bosch series
- The Black Echo (1992)
- The Black Ice (1993)
- The Concrete Blonde (1994)
- The Last Coyote (1995)
- Trunk Music (1997)
- Angels Flight (1999)
- A Darkness More Than Night (2001), also featuring Terry McCaleb
- City Of Bones (2002)
- Lost Light (2003)
- The Narrows (2004), also featuring Rachel Walling and Terry McCaleb
- The Closers (2005)
- Echo Park (2006), also featuring Rachel Walling
- The Overlook (2006), a novella published in The New York Times Magazine, and later published as a full novel (2007), also featuring Rachel Walling
[edit] Other novels
- The Poet (1996), also featuring Rachel Walling
- Blood Work (1998), a Terry McCaleb novel
- Void Moon (2000)
- Chasing The Dime (2002)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2005), featuring Mickey Haller
[edit] Non-Fiction
- Crime Beat (2006), collected journalism from South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Los Angeles Times
[edit] Short stories
- "Two-Bagger", in Murderers' Row (2001) and The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002).
- "Cahoots", in Measures of Poison (2002)
- "After Midnight", in Men from Boys (2003)
- "Christmas Even", a Harry Bosch story, in Murder...and All That Jazz (2004)
- "Cielo Azul", in Dangerous Women (2005)
- One story published anonymously in The Secret Society Of Demolition Writers (2005)
- "Angle of Investigation", in Plots with Guns (2005)
[edit] As guest editor
- The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003), collected short stories.
- Murder In Vegas (2005), collected short stories.
