John Connolly
Autore di Il libro delle cose perdute
Sull'Autore
John Connolly is the author of "Every Dead Thing" which was a bestseller in Britain and Ireland. He is a regular contributor to "The Irish Times," and has traveled extensively in the United States. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. (Publisher Provided) John Connolly was born May 31, 1968 in Dublin. He mostra altro is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker. His first novel, Every Dead Thing was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and went on to win the 2000 Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel (he is the first author outside of the US to have won the award). Connolly's debut introduced readers to the anti-hero Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Connolly has since written a further 5 books in the popular Parker series and a non-Parker thriller, as well as venturing outside of the crime genre with the publication of first, an anthology of ghost stories and later, a novel about a young boy's coming-of-age journey during World War II England. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Connolly worked as a journalist, a barman, and a local government official. After graduating with a B.A. in English from Trinity College, Dublin and a M.A. in Journalism from Dublin City University, he spent five years working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper. He quickly became frustrated with the profession, and began to write Every Dead Thing in his spare time. Connolly continues to contribute articles to the paper. His eighth book in the Charlie Parker series, The Reapers, was published in 2008. The tenth Parker novel, titled The Whisperers, was published in 2010. His current bestseller is A Time of Torment, the fourteenth in the Charlie Parker series.. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di John Connolly
Le porte dell'inferno si sono aperte: un romanzo strano per giovani strani (2009) 1,489 copie, 82 recensioni
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels (2012) — A cura di — 255 copie, 10 recensioni
The Social Organisation of Marketing A Figurational Approach to People, Organisations, and Markets (2017) 6 copie
Every Dead Thing / Desert Places / Subterranean / The Hundredth Man (2006) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Nocturnes: A Coda 3 copie
Mr. Gray's Folly [short story] 2 copie
I Live Here 2 copie
Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators (Palgrave Studies on Norbert… (2020) 2 copie
The Inkpot Monkey 2 copie
And In Darkness Shall We Dwell 1 copia
A Dream of Water 1 copia
The Lamia 1 copia
The Children of Dr. Lyall 1 copia
The Dread and Fear of Kings 1 copia
The Djinn 1 copia
Mud 1 copia
Razorshins 1 copia
A Haunting 1 copia
Lazarus 1 copia
The Cycle 1 copia
The Blood of the Lamb 1 copia
The Man From the Second Fifteen 1 copia
The Inn at Shillingford 1 copia
Mr. Pettinger's Dæmon 1 copia
US Magazine (Heidi Fleiss: A Dangerous Woman - The Hollywood Madam / Tom Hanks / Mariah Carey) (1993) 1 copia
De las cosas que recuerdo 1 copia
The Cancer Cowboy Rides 1 copia
The Erlking 1 copia
The Ritual of the Bones 1 copia
The New Daughter 1 copia
The Furnace Room 1 copia
The Shifting of the Sands 1 copia
Some Children Wander by Mistake 1 copia
Deep, Dark Green 1 copia
Miss Froom, Vampire 1 copia
Nocturne 1 copia
The Wakeford Abyss 1 copia
The Bridal Bed 1 copia
Defender 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Collaboratore — 211 copie, 3 recensioni
Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (2017) — Collaboratore — 193 copie, 9 recensioni
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2016) — Collaboratore — 132 copie, 10 recensioni
Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre (2017) — Interviewee — 34 copie, 2 recensioni
Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011) — Collaboratore — 25 copie, 1 recensione
Hebbes 1 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Connolly, John
- Data di nascita
- 1968-05-31
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Dublin, Ireland
- Luogo di residenza
- Dublin, Ireland
- Istruzione
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA)
Dublin City University (MA) - Attività lavorative
- journalist
writer - Relazioni
- Ridyard, Jennifer (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- Irish Times
Utenti
Discussioni
The Book of Lost Things book discussion in Hogwarts Express (Mag 4)
WWII, boy, alternate world? in Name that Book (Febbraio 2009)
Recensioni
Liste
At the Library (1)
Must-Read Maine (1)
To Read - Horror (1)
Unread books (1)
Edgar Award (1)
To Read (3)
Best Young Adult (2)
Devilish Books (1)
True Crime Books (1)
Magic Realism (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 110
- Opere correlate
- 20
- Utenti
- 28,254
- Popolarità
- #715
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 1,124
- ISBN
- 1,044
- Lingue
- 24
- Preferito da
- 97