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Michael Connelly (1)

This page covers the author of The Lincoln Lawyer.

For other authors named Michael Connelly, see the disambiguation page.

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Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1956. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1980 where he majored in journalism and minored in creative writing. After graduation, he worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in the crime beat. In 1986, he interviewed survivors of a plane crash with two other reporters and the magazine story subsequently written on the crash was on the short list for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. This story led to a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. After three years there, he began writing his first novel. His first novel, The Black Echo, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for best first novel. He is the author of the Harry Bosch series, the Jack McEvoy series, and the Mickey Haller series. He has won numerous awards including the Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho Award (Spain). (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Lincoln Lawyer… (more)
The Lincoln Lawyer 6,972 copies, 209 reviews
The Black Echo 5,314 copies, 157 reviews
The Poet 5,037 copies, 110 reviews
The Closers 4,636 copies, 93 reviews
Echo Park 4,597 copies, 97 reviews
The Narrows 4,479 copies, 74 reviews
The Brass Verdict 4,453 copies, 152 reviews
City of Bones 4,278 copies, 79 reviews
Lost Light 4,151 copies, 79 reviews
A Darkness More Than Night 4,061 copies, 75 reviews
The Overlook 4,038 copies, 105 reviews
The Concrete Blonde 4,019 copies, 111 reviews
The Black Ice 4,013 copies, 108 reviews
Angels Flight 3,983 copies, 82 reviews
Trunk Music 3,756 copies, 74 reviews
The Last Coyote 3,686 copies, 97 reviews
Blood Work 3,659 copies, 63 reviews
Nine Dragons 3,531 copies, 129 reviews
The Scarecrow 3,504 copies, 95 reviews
The Reversal 3,361 copies, 116 reviews
Chasing the Dime 3,131 copies, 55 reviews
The Drop 2,986 copies, 101 reviews
The Fifth Witness 2,970 copies, 100 reviews
Void Moon 2,869 copies, 57 reviews
The Black Box 2,582 copies, 95 reviews
The Gods of Guilt 2,311 copies, 83 reviews
The Burning Room 2,305 copies, 85 reviews
The Crossing 2,173 copies, 88 reviews
The Wrong Side of Goodbye 2,097 copies, 91 reviews
The Late Show 2,066 copies, 97 reviews
Two Kinds of Truth 1,872 copies, 63 reviews
Dark Sacred Night 1,793 copies, 70 reviews
The Night Fire 1,493 copies, 59 reviews
The Law of Innocence 1,175 copies, 47 reviews
Fair Warning 1,105 copies, 34 reviews
The Dark Hours 971 copies, 42 reviews
Crime Beat 957 copies, 24 reviews
The Harry Bosch Mysteries 633 copies, 7 reviews
Desert Star 613 copies, 26 reviews
Switchblade 231 copies, 10 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (Editor) 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Lincoln Lawyer [2011 film] (Author) 164 copies, 3 reviews
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (Author; Editor; Contributor) 157 copies, 3 reviews
The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals and the Chase (Editor; Introduction & Contributor) 149 copies, 7 reviews
Blood Work (abridged audio) 30 copies, 2 reviews
The Mortarmen 12 copies
[No title] 5 copies
Father's Day 3 copies
Murder Worthy 3 copies, 1 review
La stella del deserto 2 copies, 1 review
Void Moon (abridged) 2 copies, 1 review
The Locked Room (Introduction, some editions) 1,108 copies, 32 reviews
FaceOff (Contributor) 481 copies, 32 reviews
Half-Minute Horrors (Contributor) 265 copies, 21 reviews
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes (Contributor) 212 copies, 13 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (Contributor) 163 copies, 2 reviews
Vengeance (Contributor) 152 copies, 15 reviews
Los Angeles Noir (Contributor) 140 copies, 4 reviews
Dangerous Women (Contributor) 125 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Contributor) 109 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (Contributor) 99 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (Contributor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
Double Exposure (Contributor, some editions) 86 copies, 4 reviews
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series (Contributor) 80 copies, 10 reviews
P. S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller (Contributor) 57 copies, 1 review
The Rich and the Dead (Contributor) 56 copies
When a Stranger Comes to Town (Contributor) 49 copies, 6 reviews
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table (Contributor) 48 copies, 1 review
Murderers' Row (Contributor) 36 copies, 1 review
Tampa Bay Noir (Contributor) 33 copies, 15 reviews
Six John Jordan Mysteries (Introduction, some editions) 32 copies, 1 review
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022 (Contributor) 25 copies, 2 reviews
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (Contributor) 18 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories (Contributor) 16 copies, 1 review
Three Killer Thrillers (Introduction) 3 copies

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Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of over thirty novels and one work of nonfiction. With over seventy-four million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into forty foreign languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. A former newspaper reporter who worked the crime beat at the Los Angeles Times and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and his fiction. His very first novel, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1998 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of his #1 bestselling novel, The Lincoln Lawyer, hit theaters worldwide starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. His most recent #1 New York Times bestsellers include Dark Sacred Night, The Late Show, Two Kinds Of Truth, The Late Show, The Wrong Side Of Goodbye, The Crossing, The Burning Room, The Gods of Guilt, The Black Box, and The Drop. Michael is the executive producer of BOSCH, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his bestselling character Harry Bosch, starring Titus Welliver and streaming on Amazon Prime. He is also the executive producer of the documentary films, SOUND OF REDEMPTION: The Frank Morgan Story and Tales Of the American. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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