John Connolly

John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. After finishing high school in 1985, he worked as a journalist for the local press and a municipal company in Dublin, and then studied English literature at Trinity College. In 1992, he earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Dublin. At the age of twenty-nine, he submitted his first novel, "Every Dead Thing," for publication. This masterful debut made publishing history by securing the highest advance ever given to an Irish author, both in the UK and the US. When it was finally released in 1999, it quickly entered all bestseller lists, won the Shamus Award for Best Crime Novel, and earned the author the title of the new Thomas Harris. Often described as the "Dubliner who writes like an American" due to his incredible ease and authenticity in setting his novels in the US, Connolly continued his impressive journey with works such as "The Killing Kind," "The White Road," "The Black Angel," and "The Reapers." These books made it to the bestseller lists of the Sunday Times, Irish Times, and New York Times, were published in nineteen languages, and firmly established him as one of the best new thriller authors.