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Update – John Connolly

John Connolly Like many journalism or English grads John Connolly was working as a reporter. In between assignments for Irish Times in Dublin, he began working on his novel — a mystery. Oddly, he set the book on the east coast of United States, and he boldly gave his...

The criminal minds set to show form in 2009

The current generation of Irish crime writers had something of an annus mirabilis in 2008, when John Connolly, Tana French, Ken Bruen, Declan Hughes and Ruth Dudley Edwards were all nominated for prestigious crime-writing prizes in the US and the UK. Connolly, Dudley...

Multitasking or distracting?

(sacbee.com, Jan. 5, Allen Pierleoni) The trend is toward layering entertainment, with playlists as part of the reading experience We’ve become a society of multitaskers, and it’s no secret that some (Gen Y) are more adept at it than others (baby boomers)....

John Connolly

John Connolly was born May 31, 1968 in Dublin and  is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker. His first novel, Every Dead Thing, was met with critical acclaim; it was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and...

John Connolly – An Introduction

John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department store in London. He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin and...

Book Picks by Nicholas Sparks

(Publisher’s Weekly, Oct. 20) Parade magazine (Sept. 28) asked Nicholas Sparks which novels moved him the most.  His list:  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon (“Compulsively readable literary thriller”); Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill...