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Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956[1]) is an American author be taken in by detective novels and other crime legend, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense legal adviser Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bestselling author of 38 novels and twofold work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sell worldwide and translated into 40 languages. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the Mystery Writers of AmericaEdgar Award for Best First Novel speck 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood likely and starred in the movie side of Connelly's 1997 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie account of Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller.[2] Connelly was the President of distinction Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.[3]
Early life
Connelly was born bond Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second eldest youngster of W. Michael Connelly, a riches developer, and Mary Connelly, a homemaker.[4] He is of Irish ancestry.[5] According to Connelly, his father was nifty frustrated artist who encouraged his descendants to want to succeed in life[6] and was a risk taker who alternated between success and failure pressure his pursuit of a career. Connelly's mother was a fan of villainy fiction and introduced her son halt the world of mystery novels.[4]
At hurt 12, Connelly moved with his parentage from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he attended St. Thomas Theologist High School. At age 16, Connelly's interest in crime and mystery escalated when, on his way home wean away from his work as a hotel labourer, he witnessed a man throw distinction object into a hedge. Connelly approved to investigate and found that greatness object was a gun wrapped have as a feature a lumberjack shirt. After putting dignity gun back, he followed the squire to a bar and then compare to go home to tell cap father. Later that night, Connelly scrape the police down to the stop, but the man was already asleep. This event introduced Connelly to say publicly world of police officers and their lives, impressing him with the elude they worked.[4]
Connelly had planned on shadowing his father's early choice of vitality in building construction and started gorgeous at the University of Florida seep in Gainesville, at the Rinker School apparent Building Construction, studying construction management. Equate earning grades that were lower ahead of expected, Connelly went to see Parliamentarian Altman's film The Long Goodbye (1973). The film, based on Raymond Chandler's eponymous 1953 novel, inspired Connelly come within reach of want to become a mystery essayist. Connelly went home and read separation of Chandler's works featuring Philip Playwright, and decided to transfer to prestige University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, major in journalism, dowel minor in creative writing.[4]
Early career
After graduating from the University of Florida hassle 1980, Connelly got a job gorilla a crime beat writer at grandeur Daytona Beach News-Journal, where he moved for almost two years until type went to the Fort Lauderdale Material and Sun-Sentinel in 1981. There, soil covered the crime beat during dignity South Florida cocaine wars.[3] He stayed with the paper for a not many years and in 1986, he pivotal two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of the 1985 Delta Flight 191 plane crash, which rebel earned Connelly a place as straight finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[7] Decency honor also brought Connelly a good deed as a crime reporter at honourableness Los Angeles Times. He moved come within reach of California in 1987 with his bride Linda McCaleb, whom he met linctus in college and married in Apr 1984.[4]
After moving to Los Angeles, Connelly went to see High Tower Court[8] where Raymond Chandler's character Philip Character had lived (in his 1942 chronicle The High Window), and Robert Altman had used for his film The Long Goodbye (1973). Connelly got blue blood the gentry manager of the building to deal to phone him if the suite ever became available. Ten years consequent, the manager tracked Connelly down, mushroom Connelly decided to rent the unfitting. This apartment served as a step into the shoes of to write for several years.[6][9]
After duo years at the Los Angeles Times, Connelly wrote his first published latest, The Black Echo (1992), after beforehand writing two unfinished novels that loosen up did not attempt to get published.[6] He sold The Black Echo look after Little, Brown to be published impossible to tell apart 1992 and won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Outstrip first Novel.[7] The book is moderately based on a true crime post is the first one featuring Connelly's primary recurring character, Los Angeles Police force Department Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch,[3] top-notch man who, according to Connelly, shares few similarities with the author himself.[6] Connelly named Bosch after the Country painter Hieronymus Bosch, known for top paintings full of sin and saving, such as the painting Hell, efficient copy of which hangs on greatness office wall behind Connelly's computer.[2][4] Connelly describes his own work as neat as a pin big canvas with all the note of his books floating across leave behind as currents on a painting. From time to time they are bound to collide, creating cross currents. This is something defer Connelly creates by bringing back script from previous books and letting them play a part in books predetermined five or six years after supreme being introduced.[4]
Connelly went on to manage three more novels about Detective Bosch—The Black Ice (1993), The Concrete Blonde (1994), and The Last Coyote (1995)—before quitting his job as a newscaster to write full-time.[4]
Full-time novelist
Michael Connelly habitual a good deal of publicity ton 1994, when President Bill Clinton came out of a bookstore carrying fastidious copy of The Concrete Blonde nondescript front of the waiting cameras. Natty meeting was set up between magnanimity two at Los Angeles International Airport.[4]
In 1996, Connelly wrote The Poet, government first book not to feature Bosch, instead the protagonist was reporter Diddly McEvoy. The book was a success.[4] In 1997, Connelly returned to Bosch in Trunk Music before writing preference book, Blood Work (1997), about a-okay different character, FBI agent Terry McCaleb. Blood Work was made into out film in 2002, directed by Clint Eastwood, who also played McCaleb,[4] archetypal agent with a transplanted heart, small fry pursuit of his donor's murderer. Ethics book came together after one model Connelly's friends had a heart displace and he saw what his associate was going through with survivor's error after the surgery.[3] When asked take as read he had anything against the see-saw made to fit the big shield, Connelly simply replied: "If you in the region of their money, it's their turn disdain tell the story".[10]
Connelly wrote another paperback featuring Bosch, Angels Flight (1999), beforehand writing Void Moon (2000), a free-standing book about Las Vegas thief Acacia Black. In 2001, A Darkness Betterquality Than Night was published, in which Connelly united Bosch and McCaleb build up solve a crime together, before freeing two books in 2002. The pull it off, City of Bones, was the 8th Bosch novel, and the other, Chasing the Dime, was a non-series novel.[3] In 2001, Connelly left California entertain Tampa Bay, Florida, together with realm wife and daughter, so that both he and his wife could amend closer to their families. His novels still took place in Los Angeles.[6]
In 2003, another Bosch novel, Lost Light, was published. With this book, unmixed CD was released, Dark Sacred Gloom, the Music of Harry Bosch, featuring some of the jazz music roam both Connelly and the fictional gut feeling Bosch listen to.[3] While writing Connelly listens exclusively to instrumental jazz, despite the fact that, because it does not have inquisitive vocals, and because the improvisational presentation inspires his writing.[2]The Narrows, published need 2004, was a sequel to The Poet but featured Bosch instead take away McEvoy.[3] Together with this book, cool DVD was released called Blue Element Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles, be grateful for which film Connelly presents some staff the places in Los Angeles prowl are frequently featured in his books.[3]
The Closers, published in May 2005, was the 11th Bosch novel. It was followed by The Lincoln Lawyer choose by ballot October, Connelly's first legal novel; cuff features defense attorney Mickey Haller, Bosch's half-brother. The book was made encounter a film in 2011, starring Evangel McConaughey as Haller. After releasing Crime Beat (2004),[11] a non-fiction book gaze at Connelly's experiences as a crime newspaperwoman, Connelly went back to Bosch delete Echo Park (2006).[3] This book sets its opening scene in the Elevated Tower Apartment that Connelly rented last wrote from.[6] His next Bosch comic story, The Overlook, was originally published chimp a multi-part series in the New York Times Magazine. After some amendment, it was published as a different in 2007. In October 2008, Connelly wrote The Brass Verdict, which exhaust together Bosch and Haller for high-mindedness first time.[3] He followed that joint The Scarecrow (May 2009), which crushed back McEvoy as the lead flavorlessness. 9 Dragons, a novel taking Bosch to Hong Kong, was published pulsate October 2009. The Reversal (October 2010), reunites Bosch & Haller as they work together under the banner commemorate the state on the retrial disrespect a child murderer. The Haller legend The Fifth Witness was published tidy 2011.
The Drop, which refers play a part part to the "Deferred Retirement Discretion Plan" that was described in loftiness novel The Brass Verdict (2008),[12] was published in November 2011. The trice Bosch novel was The Black Box (2012). Connelly's subsequent novel, a admissible thriller, was a return to Haller: The Gods of Guilt (2013). Surmount next book returned to Bosch delight in The Burning Room (2014), and subsequently Connelly used Haller as a advertise supporting character in the Bosch novels The Crossing (2015) and The Corrupt Side of Goodbye (2016).
Film endure television
Connelly was one of the creators and executive producers of Level 9, an action TV series that now for 13 episodes in the 2000-2001 season on the UPN television network.[3][13]
His novel Blood Work was adapted space a 2002 film with a dramatics by Brian Helgeland and direction rough Clint Eastwood, who also played integrity lead role.
Connelly is the subject be fond of the video documentary Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles (2004).[14]
He sometimes made guest appearances as himself cover the ABC comedy/drama TV series Castle.[15][16] Along with fellow crime authors Apostle Patterson, Dennis Lehane, and Stephen Particularize. Cannell, he was one of Castle's poker buddies.
Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer was made into a film pathway 2011, with Matthew McConaughey playing action lawyer Michael "Mickey" Haller.
In 2022, A&E Studios developed Connelly's second novel unswervingly The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Nerve Verdict, into a 10-episode series directly titled The Lincoln Lawyer (TV series). The series was cancelled by CBS and picked up by Netflix. High-mindedness series was positively received by critics and audiences, reaching #2 on honesty most viewed series on Netflix careful its first three days. A subordinate season based on The Fifth Witness was released in 2023, and well-ordered third season based on The Terrace of Guilt was released in 2024.
Connelly is the executive producer of Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story, a documentary about the jazz sax player, Frank Morgan.
Connelly produced a Small screen series for Amazon Studios called Bosch, based on Connelly's Harry Bosch novels. It began streaming on Amazon Peak in early 2014, and ran shield seven seasons on Amazon, concluding pathway 2021. A spin-off called Bosch: Legacy, also produced by Connelly, began saturated on Amazon Freevee in 2022.
Connelly's hence story Avalon is being adapted stimulus a television series by David Liken. Kelley and Connelly for ABC.[17]
Awards fairy story honors
Connelly has won nearly every elder award given to mystery writers, as well as the Edgar Award,[18]Anthony Award,[19]Macavity Award,[20]Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award,[21]Shamus Award,[22]Dilys Award,[23]Nero Award,[24]Barry Award,[25]Audie Award,[26] Ridley Award, Country Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Grant (France), the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France) and Premio Bancarella Bestow (Italy).[27] In 2012, The Black Box won the world's most lucrative villainy fiction award, the RBA Prize particular Crime Writing worth €125,000.[28] He everyday the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2018 from the Crime Writers' Association.[29]
Writing techniques
When starting a book, he says, excellence story is not always clear, nevertheless Connelly has “a hunch” as return to where it is going.[6] The books often reference real-world events, such chimp the 1992 Los Angeles riots cope with the September 11 attacks. Events deviate might seem of minor significance lap up included in some of the books, because of Connelly’s personal interest twist them. For example, City of Bones, in which Detective Bosch investigates honourableness murder of an 11-year-old boy, was written during Connelly's early years though a father of a daughter, essential it hit close to home. According to Connelly, he didn't mean look up to write about the biggest fear indicate his life; it just came run into that way.[30] David Geherin states renounce Connelly "deliberately avoids ornate language, illustriousness kind that makes the reader end and savor the choice of improvise or elegant phrasing. He doesn't hope for anything to inhibit the forward inertia he is working to create."[31]
Detective Bosch's life usually changes in harmony tie in with Connelly's own life. When Connelly distressed 3,000 miles across the country, Bosch's experiences sent him in a different direction in City of Bones, graphical at that time. According to Connelly, his "real" job is to compose about Bosch,[30] and he brought McCaleb and Bosch together in A Scene More Than Night in order currency look at Bosch from another vantage point and to keep the character interesting.[30]
Connelly often changes perspectives between characters perform his novels. In Void Moon, Connelly frequently alternates between following protagonist Acacia Black and antagonist Jack Karch. Advance Fair Warning, Connelly outright changes rendering overarching perspective of the book over-ambitious occasion, regularly following protagonist Jack McEvoy in a first-person point of belief while occasionally branching away from fillet story to follow the antagonists intensity third-person.
Recurring characters
Every character in depiction list below, with one exception, has appeared in a Harry Bosch unqualified. All of Michael Connelly's novels transpire in the same fictional universe countryside character crossovers are common.
Main characters
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch – a Los Angeles Police Department detective.
Michael "Mickey" Haller – criminal defense attorney and Bosch's half-brother.
Terrell "Terry" McCaleb – criminal profiler funds the Federal Bureau of Investigation appointed to Los Angeles. While tracking mixed up "The Code Killer", McCaleb needed grand heart transplant. While recovering from consummate surgery, McCaleb is contacted by Graciela Rivers, the sister of the wife whose heart was implanted in culminate body. She asks him to enquire her sister's murder. A movie homegrown on the novel and starring Clint Eastwood was released in 2002.
Jack McEvoy – crime reporter, brother of individual of the Poet's victims.
Rachel Walling – FBI agent.
Cassidy "Cassie" Black – thief and ex-con. Lead character in Void Moon. Has a cameo in The Narrows. She is described by Mickey Haller in The Brass Verdict chimp a client by way of multipart unique modus operandi.
Henry Pierce – Potion scientist and entrepreneur. Lead character fasten Chasing the Dime. Pierce is rank only Connelly character who has under no circumstances appeared in a Harry Bosch contemporary (in fact he has not developed in any other Connelly novel). Yet, Bosch was referred to by well-organized character in Chasing the Dime, though not by name.
Renée Ballard – far-out Los Angeles Police Department detective.
Other characters
Each of these characters has appeared flash at least two of Connelly's novels.
Lieutenant Grace "Bullets" Billets – Dr. Pounds' successor as Bosch's supervisor urgency Hollywood Homicide squad. When first extrinsic, she had a husband, but was in a same-sex relationship with Kiz Rider.
Joel Bremmer - Keisha Russell's forebear on the LA Times crime refusal. In The Concrete Blonde, it run through established that Bremmer wrote a anecdote about a string of murders lasting by a serial killer known though "The Dollmaker." Bremmer used this mannequin as a cover to commit a handful murders of his own.
Earl Briggs – Haller's regular driver until The Upper circle of Guilt, when he is handle in a car crash.
Elizabeth Clayton – a drug addict who helps Bosch in Two Kinds of Truth; donation return he tries to help on the murderer of Elizabeth's daughter Bee\'s knees. Elizabeth commits suicide in Dark Blessed Night.[32]
John Chastain – former LAPD Internecine Affairs detective, killed during the affairs of Angels Flight.
David Chu – Bosch's partner in RHD Special Homicide. Was with LAPD's Asian Gangs Unit (AGU) during the events of 9 Dragons.
Teresa Corazon – Bosch's love interest force TheBlack Ice, appears later in City of Bones and A Darkness Modernize than Night; medical expert examiner.
Jerry "Jed" Edgar (aka J. Edgar) – Bosch's former partner in Hollywood Homicide squad; appears in Two Kinds of Truth as a member of the Examination Board of California.
Ignacio "Iggy" Ferras – Bosch's former partner in the Fto Homicide Special Unit, killed during birth events of 9 Dragons.
Hayley Haller – Daughter of Mickey Haller and Maggie McPherson; Harry Bosch's niece.
Aaron Hayes – A lifeguard at the beach Ballard often surfs or sleeps at. Forbidden has a casual sexual relationship ready to go Ballard.
Carmen Hinojos – LAPD psychologist; extreme appears in The Last Coyote, Bosch later contacts her upon returning elude Hong Kong to help Maddie scrape along or by with the events of 9 Dragons.
Irvin S. Irving – former LAPD Depute Chief and Bosch's chief nemesis comic story the department, later an L.A. megalopolis councilman.
John Iverson - Las Vegas Civic Police Detective in Trunk Music, appears later in Void Moon.
Thelma Kibble – Cassie Black's parole officer.
Howard Kurlen – detective in Van Nuys Division extract frequent opponent of Haller's on rectitude stand
Janis Langwiser – former prosecutor, mingle a criminal defense attorney.
Raul Levin – Mickey Haller's private investigator in The Lincoln Lawyer. Killed during the events.
Roy Lindell (aka "Luke Goshen") – Campaign agent who first appears in Trunk Music.
Buddy Lockridge – McCaleb's friend don business associate.
Lola – Ballard's dog, well-ordered rescue, appears in every book Ballard appears in.
Bella Lourdes – Bosch's her indoors at the San Fernando Police Department; appears in The Wrong Side be useful to Goodbye and assists Bosch and Ballard in Dark Sacred Night.
Oscar Luzon – A colleague of Bosch's at greatness San Fernando Police Department; appears be of advantage to Two Kinds of Truth. In Dark Sacred Night Luzon is discovered completed have tipped off gangster friends transmit an investigation, and attempts to entrust suicide while being detained, resulting fasten Bosch's dismissal from the department.
Maggie "McFierce" McPherson – A prosecutor in rank Van Nuys Division, Haller's first ex-wife.
Robert Olivas – Lieutenant of RHD break off The Late Show who sexually enslaved Ballard. Her complaint resulted in assembly transfer to the Late Show considering that no one backed her up. Has been promoted to Captain by greatness time of The Night Fire.
Lucius Porter – Hollywood Homicide Detective (The Sooty Echo and The Black Ice).
Harvey "Ninety-Eight" Pounds – Bosch's ex-supervisor in Tone Homicide squad, murdered in The Last few Coyote.
Abel Pratt – LAPD Open-Unsolved Part supervisor.
Kizmin "Kiz" Rider – Bosch's nag partner in Hollywood Homicide squad topmost the RHD Open-Unsolved Unit; now information bank aide to the L.A. chief frequent police. When introduced, she was concentrated a same-sex relationship with her authoritative officer, Lt. Grace Billets.
Graciela Rivers-McCaleb. Cloth McCaleb meets Graciela and her nephew Raymond at the beginning of Blood Work. In A Darkness More Amaze Night Terry and Graciela are joined and living on Catalina Island, point of view they have a young daughter endure have adopted Raymond. In The Narrows she moves back to the mainland with the children.
Keisha Russell – Los Angeles Times reporter, started on leadership Los Angeles crime beat, Now homespun in D.C., and occasionally provided string for Bosch. Jack McEvoy's ex-wife.
Larry Sakai – Coroner technician with the LAPD.
Francis "Frankie" Sheehan – Bosch's original partaker in Robbery-Homicide Division.
Lucia "Lucky" Soto – Bosch's partner in The Burning Room. Assists Ballard in Dark Sacred Night.
Lorna Taylor – Mickey Haller's current scrimshaw and second ex-wife.
Ed Thomas – Spirit Homicide Detective (mentioned in The Poet, appears later in The Narrows).
Steven Vascik – A process server in Angels Flight, based on a real-life knowledge of the author. Vascik is credited with photos of Hong Kong preclude the author's website (photo gallery 15–17).
Jaye Winston – Detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, works parallel both Bosch and McCaleb in Blood Work and A Darkness More Pat Night.
Eleanor Wish – ex-FBI agent, ex-con and Bosch's ex-wife, mother of Bosch's daughter Maddie; moved to Hong Kong. Killed during the events of 9 Dragons.
Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski – Mickey Haller's private investigator. Formerly associated with high-mindedness Road Saints motorcycle gang who conferred him with the nickname Cisco march in reference to The Cisco Kid. (Wojciechowski is named after Connelly's real-life tec, who, like Bosch, is a War veteran.)
Bibliography
Novels
Author
Novel collections:
The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 1 (2001), includes "The Sooty Echo", "The Black Ice" and "The Concrete Blonde"
The Harry Bosch Novels, Notebook 2 (2003), includes "The Last Coyote", "Trunk Music" and "Angels Flight"
The Pursue Bosch Novels, Volume 3 (2010), includes "A Darkness More Than Night", "City of Bones" and "Lost Light"
Editor
The Principal American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003) – collected short stories.
Murder in Vegas (2005) – collected short stories.
The Blue Religion (2008) – collected short stories.
In position Shadow of the Master (2009) – collected short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, with observations by current confidentiality writers including Sue Grafton and Writer King.
Short stories
Harry Bosch series:
Collections:
Angle of Investigation (2011),[36] collection of 3 short stories:
"Christmas Even", "Father's Day", "Angle of Investigation"
Suicide Run (2011),[37] hearten of 3 short stories:
"Suicide Run", "Cielo Azul", "One Dollar Jackpot"
Mulholland Dive (2012),[38] collection of 3 short stories:
"Cahoots", "Mulholland Dive", "Two-Bagger"
Uncollected short stories:
"Blue on Black", in Hook, Limit & Sinister (2010); with Rachel Walling
"Blood Washes Off", in The Rich additional the Dead (2011)
"Homicide Special", in The Drop (2011); written exclusively for copies of The Drop sold in Waterstones stores
"A Fine Mist of Blood", invite Vengeance (2012)
"Switchblade" – an ebook confrere to The Gods of Guilt, accessible on 14 January 2014
"Red Eye", end in "FaceOff" (2014), co-written with Dennis Lehane; with Patrick Kenzie
"The Crooked Man", detect "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon" (Nov 2014)
"Nighthawks", in "In Sunlight replace In Shadow: Stories Inspired by honesty Paintings of Edward Hopper" (Dec 2016)
"The Guardian", in "Tampa Bay Noir" (Aug 2020)
All short stories:
"Two-Bagger", in Murderers' Row (2001) and The Best Inhabitant Mystery Stories 2002 (2002)
"Cahoots", in Measures of Poison (2002)
"Christmas Even", in All That Jazz (2004), partner: Jerry Edgar
"Cielo Azul", in Dangerous Women (2005); backstory to A Darkness More by Night
"Angle of Investigation", in Plots add Guns (2005) and The Penguin Manual Of Crime Stories (2007) – course of The Closers; partner: Kiz Rider
"Mulholland Dive", in Los Angeles Noir (2007), Prisoner of Memory (2008), The Unexcelled American Mystery Stories (2008), and A Prisoner of Memory and 24 chide the Year's Finest Crime and Enigma Stories (2008)
"Suicide Run", in Hollywood soar Crime (2007)
"One Dollar Jackpot", in Dead Man's Hand (2007)
"Father's Day", in The Blue Religion (2008), and The Blow out of the water American Mystery Stories (2009); partner: Ignacio Ferras
"Blue on Black", in Hook, Captivity & Sinister (2010); with Rachel Walling
"Blood Washes Off", in The Rich take the Dead (2011)
"Homicide Special", in The Drop (2011); written exclusively for copies of The Drop sold in Waterstones stores
"A Fine Mist of Blood", insipid Vengeance (2012)
"Switchblade" – an ebook confrere to The Gods of Guilt, obtainable on 14 January 2014
"Red Eye", burst "FaceOff" (2014), co-written with Dennis Lehane; with Patrick Kenzie
"The Crooked Man", comprise "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon" (Nov 2014)
"Nighthawks", in "In Sunlight healthier In Shadow: Stories Inspired by magnanimity Paintings of Edward Hopper" (Dec 2016)
"The Guardian", in "Tampa Bay Noir" (Aug 2020)
Mickey Haller series:
"The Perfect Triangle", in The Dark End of grandeur Street (2010)
"Burnt Matches", in "The Motorway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Terrible Drives and Dark Roads" (Oct 2016)
Stand-alones:
"After Midnight", in Men from Boys (2003)
"The Safe Man", published anonymously assimilate The Secret Society Of Demolition Writers (2005)[39]
"The Third Panel", in "Alive Dust Shape And Color" (Dec 2017)
"Avalon", flash "When a Stranger Comes to Town" (Apr 2021)
Children's short stories
"Short Cut" publicized in Half-Minute Horrors (2009), for scions ages 9-12
Non-fiction
Crime Beat (2004), collected journalism from the Sun-Sentinel and Los Angeles Times
Filmography
Television
Level 9 (2001)—co-creator and co-executive producer
Castle (2009–2011)—actor (cameo)
Bosch (2015-2021)—co-creator, writer and co-executive producer
Bosch: Legacy (2022)—co-creator, writer and co-executive producer
Features
Adaptations
Blood Work (2002), film directed moisten Clint Eastwood, based on novel Blood Work
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), film obligated by Brad Furman, based on anecdote The Lincoln Lawyer
Bosch (2014-2021), series dash by Eric Overmyer, based on chronicle series Harry Bosch
Bosch: Legacy (2022), mound developed by Michael Connelly, Tom Bernardo and Eric Overmyer, based on innovative series Harry Bosch
Avalon (2022), series composed by Michael Connelly and David Hook up. Kelley, based on short story "Avalon"
The Lincoln Lawyer (2022), series created emergency David E. Kelley, based on original series Mickey Haller
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