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Michael Connelly - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Michael Connelly - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Writer, Producer, Actor.
Born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - American writer, producer and actor.
Michael Connelly decided to become a detective writer, fascinated by the novels of Raymond Chandler while studying at the University of Florida. This hobby also played a role in the choice of career guidance in journalism - Michael became a crime reporter.
Since 1980, Connelly has worked for the Dayton Beach and Fort Lauderdale Florida newspapers. When his article on the survivors of the Fort Lauderdale-Los Angeles plane crash won the Pulitzer Prize, Michael was invited to work for the Los Angeles Times.
Connelly's first book, Black Echo, published in 1992, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Writer. The book was based on true events and became the first in a series of works about Los Angeles police officer Harry Bosch. In addition to this series, Connelly has published several books with other main characters, such as lawyer Mickey Holler and journalist Jack McAvoy. Often, Harry Bosch appears in those books where other characters play the main role.
A number of his novels have been filmed. Lives with family in Florida. Michael Connelly has received ten prestigious awards for action fiction. In addition to the Edgar Poe Prize, the writer's works also won awards: Anthony, Nero Wolfe, Macavity, Dilys, Maltese Falcon (Japan), caliber 38 (France) and the French Detective Grand Prix. He was President of the United States Detective Writers Association.
Connelly's novels have been translated into 24 languages ??of the world, and the Harry Bosch series has been published in 7 million copies.
