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  1. John Connolly (born 31 May 1968) is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker. Biography. Education and early career.

  2. In 2003, John published his fifth novel—and first stand-alone book—Bad Men. In 2004, Nocturnes, a collection of novellas and short stories, was added to the list, and 2005 marked the publication of the fifth Charlie Parker novel, The Black Angel. John's seventh novel, The Book of Lost Things, a story about fairy stories and the power that ...

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    • Every Dead Thing (1999) In the first book, Parker is still working for the NYPD. Returning home after several drinks too many he finds the bodies of his wife Susan and daughter Jennifer.
    • Dark Hollow (2000) Parker has kissed New York goodbye and retreated to a wintry Maine where he is both hiding from the past, and trying to earn an honest living as a private detective.
    • The Killing Kind (2001) This is one of Connolly’s most powerful stories. As with the fate of The Donner Party in 1846-47, the template of a group of settlers heading into the unknown only to meet catastrophe is almost a metaphor for America itself.
    • The White Road (2002) Charlie Parker heads south again to investigate South Carolina’s worst nightmare. The daughter of one of the oldest and wealthiest white families in the state has been murdered.
  4. Jun 8, 2015 · 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 journalism at Dublin City University, subsequently spending five years working ...

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  5. John Connolly Biography. 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. (A dogsbody, for our North American friends, is a 'go-fer'.) He studied English in Trinity College ...

  6. May 5, 2024 · Author John Connolly: 'My experiences of mortality and illness – even the worst things I’ve done in my life, I’ve given to somebody in the books.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish...