Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is an American novelist who began his career as a crime reporter. His most recognizable body of work features books about LAPD Detective "Harry Bosch".

1. 1992: The Black Echo
2. 1993: The Black Ice
3. 1994: The Concrete Blonde
4. 1995: The Last Coyote
5. 1997: Trunk Music
6. 1999: Angels Flight
7. 2001: A Darkness More Than Night
8. 2002: City Of Bones
9. 2003: Lost Light
10. 2004: The Narrows
11. 2005: The Closers
12. 2006: Echo Park
13. 2006: The Overlook

• "That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst." - Michael Connelly

• "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." - Michael Connelly

• "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") - Michael Connelly

• "Write every day even if it is just a paragraph." (his best advice to aspiring writers) - Michael Connelly

• After graduation he covered the crime beat at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

• Decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending college.

• Former Los Angeles Times crime reporter.

• Graduated from the University of Florida, where he majored in journalism and minored in creative writing.

• 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"