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John Connolly

ジョン・コノリー

Jon Konorī

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1968-05-31 （Dublin）
Nationality
Irish
Languages
English
Residence History
Dublin, Ireland

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer, Journalist
Active Years
1999-2024
Affiliations
The Irish Times
Influenced By
Ross Macdonald, James Lee Burke, Ed McBain
Nominations
Bram Stoker Award 1999 (Every Dead Thing), Edgar Award 2013 (Books to Die For)

Education

Synge Street CBS
Country: Ireland
Secondary school
Trinity College, Dublin
English
Degree: BA
Country: Ireland
BA in English
Dublin City University
Journalism
Degree: Masters
Country: Ireland
Masters in journalism

Awards

Shamus Award
2000
Work: Every Dead Thing
Category: Best First P.I. Novel
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America
Result: Winner
Barry Award
2003
Work: The White Road
Category: Best British Crime Novel
Organization: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result: Winner
Agatha Award
2012
Work: Books to Die For
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Winner
Anthony Award
2013
Work: Books to Die For
Category: Best Critical Nonfiction Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Edgar Award
2014
Work: The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
Category: Best Short Story
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Every Dead Thing

1999 Crime fiction

Introduces anti-hero Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter.

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The Book of Lost Things

2006 Fantasy

A young boy's coming-of-age journey through a fantasy realm during World War II England.

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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

2013 Bibliomystery

A bibliomystery short story published by The Mysterious Bookshop.

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Books to Die For

2012 Nonfiction

Anthology where mystery writers discuss the world's greatest mystery novels.

mystery literature

Bibliography

  • Every Dead Thing
  • Dark Hollow
  • The Killing Kind
  • The White Road
  • The Black Angel
  • The Unquiet
  • The Reapers
  • The Lovers
  • The Whisperers
  • The Burning Soul
  • The Wrath of Angels
  • The Wolf in Winter
  • A Song of Shadows
  • A Time of Torment
  • A Game of Ghosts
  • The Woman in the Woods
  • A Book of Bones
  • The Dirty South
  • The Nameless Ones
  • The Furies
  • The Instruments of Darkness
  • Bad Men
  • The Book of Lost Things
  • The Gates
  • The Infernals
  • The Creeps
  • Conquest
  • Empire
  • Dominion
  • He: A Novel
  • The Land of Lost Things
  • Nocturnes
  • Night Music: Nocturnes 2
  • Books to Die For
  • Horror Express

Adaptations

  • The New Daughter (film, 2009, director: Luiso Berdejo)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
rich and introspective style of prose
Recurring Motifs
compassionmoralityreparationsalvationsupernatural

Legacy

Irish author best known for the Charlie Parker series of detective novels. Multiple winner of major mystery awards including Shamus, Barry, Agatha, Anthony, and Edgar.

In Popular Culture

  • Short story 'The New Daughter' adapted into film starring Kevin Costner (2009). 'The Book of Lost Things' partly inspired Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron'.

Trivia

  • First author outside the US to win the Shamus Award.
  • Charlie Parker series has 23 books as of 2024.
  • Worked as a gofer at Harrods department store in London.