John Connolly
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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
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels (2012) — A cura di — 246 copie
Every Dead Thing / Desert Places / Subterranean / The Hundredth Man (2006) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
I Live Here 2 copie
The Social Organisation of Marketing A Figurational Approach to People, Organisations, and Markets (2017) 2 copie
Mr. Gray's Folly [short story] 2 copie
The Inkpot Monkey 2 copie
Mud 1 copia
The Cycle 1 copia
The Blood of the Lamb 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
And In Darkness Shall We Dwell 1 copia
Razorshins 1 copia
The Inn at Shillingford 1 copia
Lazarus 1 copia
Sporco sud 1 copia
LA CANCION DE LAS SOMBRAS 1 copia
Defender 1 copia
A Haunting 1 copia
The Wakeford Abyss 1 copia
The Man From the Second Fifteen 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
Stille handel 1 copia
Noční hudba 1 copia
Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators (Palgrave Studies on Norbert… (2020) 1 copia
The Cancer Cowboy Rides 1 copia
The Bridal Bed 1 copia
Mr. Pettinger's Dæmon 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
AMANTES, LOS (Spanish Edition) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Collaboratore — 211 copie
Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (2017) — Collaboratore — 192 copie
Hebbes 1 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Connolly, John
- Nome legale
- Connolly, John
- Data di nascita
- 1968-05-31
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Dublin, Ireland
- Luogo di residenza
- Dublin, Ireland
- Istruzione
- Trinity College, Dublin
Dublin City University - Attività lavorative
- journalist
writer
Utenti
Discussioni
The Book of Lost Things book discussion in Hogwarts Express (Luglio 2010)
WWII, boy, alternate world? in Name that Book (Febbraio 2009)
Recensioni
Liste
Must-Read Maine (1)
Unread books (1)
Edgar Award (1)
At the Library (1)
To Read - Horror (1)
To Read (3)
Best Young Adult (2)
Magic Realism (1)
Devilish Books (1)
True Crime Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 112
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 27,746
- Popolarità
- #733
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 1,120
- ISBN
- 1,028
- Lingue
- 24
- Preferito da
- 97