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This page covers the author of The Lincoln Lawyer.

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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 7,090 copies, 210 reviews
The Black Echo 5,466 copies, 160 reviews
The Poet 5,126 copies, 110 reviews
Echo Park 4,772 copies, 98 reviews
The Closers 4,728 copies, 93 reviews
The Brass Verdict 4,646 copies, 153 reviews
The Narrows 4,557 copies, 74 reviews
City of Bones 4,362 copies, 81 reviews
Lost Light 4,241 copies, 79 reviews
A Darkness More Than Night 4,160 copies, 76 reviews
The Overlook 4,145 copies, 110 reviews
The Black Ice 4,100 copies, 111 reviews
The Concrete Blonde 4,097 copies, 113 reviews
Angels Flight 4,055 copies, 83 reviews
Trunk Music 3,821 copies, 74 reviews
The Last Coyote 3,761 copies, 97 reviews
Blood Work 3,737 copies, 64 reviews
Nine Dragons 3,625 copies, 131 reviews
The Scarecrow 3,575 copies, 97 reviews
The Reversal 3,503 copies, 119 reviews
Chasing the Dime 3,189 copies, 56 reviews
The Fifth Witness 3,129 copies, 101 reviews
The Drop 3,065 copies, 102 reviews
Void Moon 2,925 copies, 57 reviews
The Black Box 2,656 copies, 97 reviews
The Burning Room 2,407 copies, 86 reviews
The Gods of Guilt 2,397 copies, 83 reviews
The Crossing 2,255 copies, 88 reviews
The Wrong Side of Goodbye 2,178 copies, 93 reviews
The Late Show 2,121 copies, 97 reviews
Two Kinds of Truth 1,952 copies, 63 reviews
Dark Sacred Night 1,887 copies, 70 reviews
The Night Fire 1,575 copies, 60 reviews
The Law of Innocence 1,292 copies, 47 reviews
Fair Warning 1,190 copies, 35 reviews
The Dark Hours 1,128 copies, 44 reviews
Crime Beat 982 copies, 25 reviews
Desert Star 744 copies, 32 reviews
The Harry Bosch Mysteries 643 copies, 7 reviews
Switchblade 242 copies, 11 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (Editor) 201 copies, 2 reviews
The Lincoln Lawyer [2011 film] (Author) 172 copies, 2 reviews
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (Editor; Contributor) 163 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
Void Moon (abridged) 2 copies, 1 review
The Locked Room (Introduction, some editions) 1,137 copies, 33 reviews
FaceOff (Contributor) 493 copies, 33 reviews
Elevator Pitch 453 copies, 31 reviews
Half-Minute Horrors (Contributor) 270 copies, 21 reviews
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes (Contributor) 219 copies, 13 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (Contributor) 163 copies, 2 reviews
Vengeance (Contributor) 156 copies, 16 reviews
Los Angeles Noir (Contributor) 143 copies, 5 reviews
Dangerous Women (Contributor) 128 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Contributor) 108 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (Contributor) 99 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 (Contributor) 95 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (Contributor) 94 copies, 3 reviews
Double Exposure (Contributor, some editions) 88 copies, 4 reviews
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series (Contributor) 80 copies, 10 reviews
The Rich and the Dead (Contributor) 58 copies
P. S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller (Contributor) 58 copies, 1 review
When a Stranger Comes to Town (Contributor) 51 copies, 6 reviews
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table (Contributor) 49 copies, 1 review
Murderers' Row (Contributor) 37 copies, 1 review
Tampa Bay Noir (Contributor) 33 copies, 15 reviews
Six John Jordan Mysteries (Introduction, some editions) 33 copies, 1 review
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022 (Contributor) 30 copies, 2 reviews
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (Contributor) 19 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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