# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-connelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:44:56.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-connelly"
name: "Michael Connelly"
slug: "michael-connelly"
description: "Michael Joseph Connelly 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, including 10 with both those characters. \nConnelly is the bestselling author of 42 novels and one work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into 40 languages. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the 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 1997 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004."
tagline: "American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)"
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birthDate: "1956-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump