Michael Connelly
American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70
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.
Michael Connelly is read about 1,881 times a day, in 37 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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Rob Bowman Directed Deep in Death and A Deadly Game
Lee Child Influenced by Michael
Titus Welliver Michael wrote Bosch and Bosch: Legacy
Stephen J. Cannell Also in Deep in Death and A Deadly Game
Madison Lintz Michael wrote Bosch and Bosch: Legacy
Brad Furman Directed The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Tom Rosenberg Produced The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Gary Lucchesi Produced The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Sidney Kimmel Produced The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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Connelly 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.
