Michael Connelly Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books, which have been translated into 39 languages, have garnered him many awards. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Movies
The Lincoln Lawyer, Blood Work, Sound of Redemption
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"Write every day even if it is just a paragraph." (his best advice to aspiring writers)
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"In the six years I've been writing books, that is the biggest thrill I've had." (remark to USA Today in 1994, when then President Clinton was photographed walking out of a Washington bookstore with a copy of "The Concrete Blonde")
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I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have the access I used to.
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"That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst." (About being a reporter)
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He was 20 when he decided he wanted to be a writer.
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Editing his next novel "The Closers" for release in May 2005. [September 2004]
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Editing his next novel, "The Narrows", which will be released in May 2004. [November 2003]
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Won the Edgar Award for the best first novel, "The Black Echo". He has since won every major mystery honor, including the Anthony and the Macavity Award for "Blood Work".
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President of the Mystery Writers of America organization.
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Nominated for a Pulitzer.
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Lives with his wife and daughter in Florida.
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Graduated from the University of Florida, where he majored in journalism and minored in creative writing.
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Former Los Angeles Times crime reporter.
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Decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending college.
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Best-selling crime writer.
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After graduation, he covered the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
$200,000
