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John Connolly (author)#Charlie Parker series

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Dr 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=

Connolly was educated at Synge Street CBS{{cite news |title=Master of the grisly murder scene |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/master-of-the-grisly-murder-scene-1.750497 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219124903/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/master-of-the-grisly-murder-scene-1.750497 |url-status=live }} and graduated with a BA in English from Trinity College, Dublin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/az/course.php?id=DUBJH-ENLT-1JH|title=English Literature (JH) - Courses - Trinity College Dublin|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=29 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029103022/https://www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/az/course.php?id=DUBJH-ENLT-1JH|url-status=live}} and a Masters in journalism from Dublin City University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/author_view.aspx?author_id=2|title=John Connolly|website=www.shotsmag.co.uk|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=16 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116064646/http://shotsmag.co.uk/author_view.aspx?author_id=2|url-status=live}} Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a gofer at Harrods department store in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.darleyanderson.com/authors/john-connolly|title=John Connolly represented by Darley Anderson Literary Agency | Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, London, UK|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230130116/http://www.darleyanderson.com/authors/john-connolly|url-status=live}}

=Writing career=

After five years as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper, he became frustrated with the profession, and began to write his first novel, Every Dead Thing, in his spare time (he continues to contribute articles to the paper, most frequently interviews with other established authors).{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/laurel-wreath-for-a-woman-1.142325|title=Laurel wreath for a woman?|first=John|last=Bol|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219124935/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/laurel-wreath-for-a-woman-1.142325|url-status=live}}

Every Dead Thing introduced readers to the anti-hero Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. It was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel and went on to win the 2000 Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel, making Connolly the first author outside of the US to win.{{Cite web|url=http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-shamus.html#.Uaj4buuFXI0|title=The Shamus Awards: A Literary Award for Crime Fiction.|website=awards.omnimystery.com|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228185219/http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-shamus.html#.Uaj4buuFXI0|url-status=live}}

Connolly has since written further books in the Parker series, 23 as of 2024, and a non-Parker thriller. He has also ventured outside of the crime genre with the publication of an anthology of ghost stories and The Book of Lost Things, a novel about a young boy's coming-of-age journey through a fantasy realm during World War II England, which the Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron is partly based on. Film and television adaptations of his works are currently in development; the earliest to appear to audiences was partially based on the short story "The New Daughter", and starred Kevin Costner and Ivana Baquero.

Connolly also tours to promote the launch of his books. In 2007, he made book store appearances in Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Taiwan to promote The Unquiet.

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The seventh book in the Charlie Parker series, The Reapers, was published in 2008. It differs from the earlier books in that the story is told from the point of view of Parker's close friends and allies in combat, Louis and Angel. Louis and Angel are an unlikely couple whose quibbles and good humour are sometimes the source of comic relief. Louis is an enigmatic, large black man who was a hired killer but who now seems to be in semiretirement; Angel is a small part-Latino man and ex-burglar. They appear episodically throughout the Charlie Parker books as his only close friends, revealing themselves when Parker is in need of help and professional protection from his enemies.

The ninth Parker novel, titled The Whisperers, was published in 2010; the tenth, The Burning Soul, in 2011. The Wrath of Angels, the eleventh Charlie Parker novel, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK in August 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/HodderStoughton/books/index.page?WorkID=217980|title=Find your favourite Book, eBook or Audio from Hodder and Stoughton Publisher|website=Hodder & Stoughton|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526113011/https://www.hodder.co.uk/HodderStoughton/books/index.page?WorkID=217980|url-status=live}} and was released by Atria/Emily Bestler Books in the US on 1 January 2013.{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Wrath-of-Angels/John-Connolly/Charlie-Parker/9781501122699|title=The Wrath of Angels|date=1 January 2013|isbn=978-1-5011-2269-9|via=www.simonandschuster.biz|last1=Connolly|first1=John|publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120109/https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Wrath-of-Angels/John-Connolly/Charlie-Parker/9781501122699|url-status=live}} The Wolf in Winter, published in 2014, represented a shift from Charlie Parker's customary first-person narration to a third-person point of view,{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13155320.Staying_a_step_ahead_of_the_pack/|title=Staying a step ahead of the pack|work=Herald Scotland|date=13 April 2014 |access-date=21 March 2016|archive-date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402090207/http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13155320.Staying_a_step_ahead_of_the_pack/|url-status=live}} a shift that continues in A Song of Shadows (2015){{cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2015/09/27/book-review-in-song-of-shadows-a-recuperating-charlie-parker-takes-on-a-monster/|title=Book Review: In 'Song of Shadows,' a recuperating Charlie Parker takes on a monster - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram|work=The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram|date=27 September 2015|access-date=21 March 2016|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409023958/http://www.pressherald.com/2015/09/27/book-review-in-song-of-shadows-a-recuperating-charlie-parker-takes-on-a-monster/|url-status=live}} and A Time of Torment (2016).{{cite web|url=https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781444751574|title=John Connolly - A Time of Torment - Hodder & Stoughton|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526043220/https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781444751574|url-status=live}} A Book of Bones (2019) marks the end of the sequence that began with the novella "The Fractured Atlas," included in Night Music: Nocturnes Vol. 2 (2015), and is a true sequel to The Woman in the Woods.{{Cite web|url=https://crimefictionlover.com/2018/04/a-guide-to-john-connollys-charlie-parker-2/|title=A guide to John Connolly's Charlie Parker | Crime Fiction Lover|date=9 April 2018|website=crimefictionlover.com|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090550/https://crimefictionlover.com/2018/04/a-guide-to-john-connollys-charlie-parker-2/|url-status=live}}

2009 marked the publication of Connolly's first novel specifically for younger readers, The Gates.{{cite book|url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781848944831|title=John Connolly - The Gates - Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=978-1-84894-483-1|access-date=25 May 2018|last1=Connolly|first1=John|date=October 2009|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526115850/https://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781848944831|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gates/John-Connolly/9781442429338|title=The Gates|date=30 August 2011|isbn=978-1-4424-2933-8|via=www.simonandschuster.com|last1=Connolly|first1=John|publisher=Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120108/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gates/John-Connolly/9781442429338|url-status=live}} A sequel was published in 2011 as Hell's Bells in the UK{{cite book|url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444724967|title=John Connolly - Hell's Bells - Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=978-1-4447-2496-7|access-date=25 May 2018|last1=Connolly|first1=John|year=2011|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526193658/https://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444724967|url-status=live}} and as The Infernals{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Infernals/John-Connolly/9781451643091|title=The Infernals|date=10 April 2012|isbn=978-1-4516-4309-1|via=www.simonandschuster.com|last1=Connolly|first1=John|publisher=Emily Bestler Books |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120109/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Infernals/John-Connolly/9781451643091|url-status=live}} in the US. The third book in the Samuel Johnson series, The Creeps, was published in 2013.{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Creeps/John-Connolly/The-Samuel-Johnson-Series/9781476757100|title=The Creeps|date=22 October 2013|isbn=978-1-4767-5710-0|via=www.simonandschuster.com|last1=Connolly|first1=John|publisher=Emily Bestler Books |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120111/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Creeps/John-Connolly/The-Samuel-Johnson-Series/9781476757100|url-status=live}} Connolly also collaborated with his partner, journalist Jennifer Ridyard, on The Chronicles of the Invaders, a fantasy trilogy for teen readers: Conquest (2013), Empire (2015), and Dominion (2016).{{cite web|url=https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472209726|title=John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard - Empire - Headline Publishing Group|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205031628/https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472209726|url-status=live}}

Connolly collaborated with fellow Irish author Declan Burke to edit Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels, a nonfiction anthology published in August 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton{{cite book|url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444756517|title=John Connolly and Declan Burke - Books to Die For - Hodder & Stoughton|date=25 April 2019|isbn=978-1-4447-5651-7|last1=Connolly|first1=John|last2=Burke|first2=Declan|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605062143/https://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444756517|url-status=live}} and in October 2013 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books.{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Books-to-Die-For/John-Connolly/9781476710365|title=Books to Die For|date=2 October 2012|isbn=978-1-4767-1036-5|via=www.simonandschuster.com|last1=Connolly|first1=John|last2=Burke|first2=Declan|publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120112/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Books-to-Die-For/John-Connolly/9781476710365|url-status=live}} Books to Die For was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php|title=Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database|website=www.theedgars.com|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404232840/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php|url-status=live}} won the Agatha Award for Best Non-fiction,{{cite web|url=http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards.html|title=Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121111008/http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards.html|archive-date=21 January 2017|df=dmy-all}} and won the Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction Work.{{cite web|url=http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention: Anthony Award Nominees and Winners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html |archive-date= 7 February 2012 }}

In 2017, Connolly turned a decades-long fascination with the comedian Stan Laurel{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/08/love-affairs-stan-laurel-if-i-had-do-it-over-again-things-would-be-different|title=The love affairs of Stan Laurel: "If I had to do it over again things would be different"|website=www.newstatesman.com|date=18 August 2017|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=3 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203073048/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/08/love-affairs-stan-laurel-if-i-had-do-it-over-again-things-would-be-different|url-status=live}} into the novel he, a fictional exploration of the comedian's last years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/john-connolly-he.html|title=Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel|first=Jason|last=Zinoman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 June 2018|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-date=8 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608175220/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/john-connolly-he.html|url-status=live}} Horror Express, a monograph based on the 1972 film,{{Cite web|url=https://lovehorror.co.uk/horror-features/61539/100-pages-of-horror-horror-express-by-john-connolly/|title=100 Pages of Horror –Horror Express by John Connolly | Love Horror film reviews and news|first1=Horror ExpressReview-Love Horror film|last1=reviews|first2=News|last2=Says|date=11 February 2019|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120112/https://lovehorror.co.uk/horror-features/61539/100-pages-of-horror-horror-express-by-john-connolly/|url-status=live}} was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction.{{Cite web|url=http://thebramstokerawards.org/|title=The Bram Stoker Awards|website=thebramstokerawards.org|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302143837/http://thebramstokerawards.org/|url-status=live}}

== Themes ==

Connolly was drawn to the tradition of American crime fiction, because it seemed the best medium through which he could explore the issues of compassion, morality, reparation and salvation. He credits veteran authors Ross Macdonald, James Lee Burke, and Ed McBain as influences, and is often praised for writing in a rich and introspective style of prose.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-thriller-the-wrath-of-angels-by-john-connolly-3209630.html|title=Review: Thriller: The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly|work=Independent.ie|access-date=25 September 2012|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219124920/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/review-thriller-the-wrath-of-angels-by-john-connolly-26891121.html|url-status=live}}

Bibliography

=Charlie Parker series=

  1. Every Dead Thing (1999)
  2. Dark Hollow (2000)
  3. The Killing Kind (2001)
  4. The White Road (2002)
  5. The Reflecting Eye (2004) (novella contained within Nocturnes)
  6. The Black Angel (2005)
  7. The Unquiet (2007)
  8. The Reapers (2008)
  9. The Lovers (2009)
  10. The Whisperers (2010)
  11. The Burning Soul (2011)
  12. The Wrath of Angels (2012)
  13. The Wolf in Winter (2014)
  14. A Song of Shadows (2015)
  15. A Time of Torment (2016)hodder.co.uk
  16. Parker : A Miscellany (2016){{Cite web |url=http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/parker-miscellany.php |title=PARKER: A Miscellany |website=www.johnconnollybooks.com |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604143953/http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/parker-miscellany.php |url-status=live }}
  17. A Game of Ghosts (2017)
  18. The Woman in the Woods (2018)
  19. A Book of Bones (2019)
  20. The Dirty South (2020){{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-connolly-the-charlie-parker-saga-reaches-a-culmination-1.3855791|title=John Connolly: The Charlie Parker saga reaches a culmination|last=Hughes|first=Declan|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2019-04-22|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422151605/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-connolly-the-charlie-parker-saga-reaches-a-culmination-1.3855791|url-status=live}}
  21. The Nameless Ones (2021)
  22. The Furies (2022) - two novels
  23. The Instruments of Darkness (2024)
  24. The Children of Eve (2025)

=Samuel Johnson series=

  1. The Gates (2009)
  2. The Infernals (2011), published as Hell's Bells in the UK{{cite web|title=John Connelly: Bestselling Author|url=http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/novels-hells-bells.php|work=Author's Website|access-date=22 August 2012|archive-date=31 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531205535/http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/novels-hells-bells.php|url-status=live}}
  3. The Creeps (2013)

=The Chronicles of the Invaders trilogy=

  1. Conquest (2013){{cite web |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/review-john-connolly-and-jennifer-ridyard-conquest |title=REVIEW: John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard - Conquest |website=Upcoming4.me |access-date=2013-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221103052/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/review-john-connolly-and-jennifer-ridyard-conquest |archive-date=21 December 2013 }}
  2. Empire (2015){{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/blowupthenandnow.com/the-collector/chronicles-of-the-invader-series/ci02-2015-empire|title=CI02: 2015: EMPIRE - THE COLLECTOR - a guide to the works of John Connolly|website=sites.google.com|access-date=20 September 2014|archive-date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416211707/https://sites.google.com/a/blowupthenandnow.com/the-collector/chronicles-of-the-invader-series/ci02-2015-empire|url-status=live}}
  3. Dominion (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472209764|title=John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard - Dominion - Headline Publishing Group|work=Headline Publishing Group|access-date=2 August 2015|archive-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209081744/https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472209764}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/Dominion/John-Connolly/The-Chronicles-of-the-Invaders/9781476757193|title=Dominion|date=3 January 2017|isbn=978-1-4767-5719-3|via=www.simonandschuster.biz|last1=Connolly|first1=John|last2=Ridyard|first2=Jennifer|publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120109/https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/Dominion/John-Connolly/The-Chronicles-of-the-Invaders/9781476757193|url-status=live}}

=Other novels=

  • Bad Men (2003)
  • The Book of Lost Things (2006)
  • He: A Novel (2017)
  • The Land of Lost Things (2023)

=Short story collections=

  • Nocturnes (2004) – a collection of supernatural tales book-ended by two novellas, 9 of which are transcripts of stories written for presentation on BBC Radio Four Five Ghost Stories By John Connolly: The Erlking, Mr Pettinger's Demon, Mr Gray's Folly, The Ritual of the Bones, Nocturne.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y3nx7|title=Five Ghost Stories By John Connolly|date=10 Jan 2000|access-date=2021-11-05|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106042154/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y3nx7|url-status=live}}
  • Night Music: Nocturnes 2 (2015)
  • Night & Day (2024)

=Short stories=

  • "The Inkpot Monkey" (2004) – in Like A Charm: A Novel In Voices – an anthology of short stories from 15 mystery writers, (also featured in Nocturnes). Edited by Karin Slaughter.
  • "Mr. Gray's Folly" (2005) – in Dangerous Women – an anthology of short stories from 17 crime writers. Edited by Otto Penzler.
  • "The Cycle" (2005) – under the pseudonym Laura Froom (after the titular vampire in a story from Nocturnes) in Moments: Short Stories by Irish Women Writers in Aid of the Victims of the Tsunami. Edited by Ciara Considine.
  • "A Haunting" (2008) – in Downturn Tales: Stay-Up-All-Night Stories from Your Favorite Bestselling Authors.
  • "Lazarus" (2010) – in The New Dead – an anthology of zombie stories edited by Christopher Golden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.christophergolden.com/newdead.html|title=Christopher Golden|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=5 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005214300/http://www.christophergolden.com/newdead.html}}
  • "The Caxton Lending Library & Book Depository" (2013) – a Bibliomystery published as e-text, paperback and limited edition hardcover by The Mysterious Bookshop, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/copy-of-pre-order-john-connolly-the-caxton-lending-library-book-depository-2 |title=PRE ORDER: John Connolly - The Caxton Lending Library & Book Depository (SIGNED) |website=The Mysterious Bookshop |access-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702041352/http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/copy-of-pre-order-john-connolly-the-caxton-lending-library-book-depository-2 |archive-date= 2 July 2013 }}
  • "The Wanderer in Unknown Realms" (2013) – a novella published electronically by Hodder & Stoughton{{cite web|url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444752298|title=ISBN Unavailable|work=Hodder & Stoughton|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518065736/http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444752298}} and Atria/Emily Bestler Books{{cite web |url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Wanderer-in-Unknown-Realms/John-Connolly/9781476751399 |title=The Wanderer in Unknown Realms. A Novella by John Connolly |website=books.simonandschuster.com |access-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613221723/http://books.simonandschuster.com/Wanderer-in-Unknown-Realms/John-Connolly/9781476751399 |archive-date=13 June 2013 }} and in limited hardcover edition by the author.

=Nonfiction=

  • {{cite book|url=http://www.bookstodiefor.net|title= Books to Die For|date=2012 |editor=Connolly, John |editor2=Burke, Declan |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/horror-express-hardcover-by-john-connolly-4651-p.asp|title= Horror Express|date=2018|author= Connolly, John |publisher=PS Publishing}}

Film adaptations

  • The New Daughter (2009) – partially based on a short story of the same name from Nocturnes, starring Kevin Costner and Ivana Baquero, directed by Luiso Berdejo, with a screenplay by John Travis
  • (Prospective) The Gates, The Infernals, and The Creeps — acquired for development by DreamWorks Studios as a possible franchise, November 2015{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/dreamworks-studios-the-gates-the-infernals-the-creeps-trilogy-john-connolly-movie-1201605089/|title=DreamWorks Studios Buys Trilogy Of Novels For Possible Franchise|author=Anita Busch|work=Deadline|date=3 November 2015|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225060807/https://deadline.com/2015/11/dreamworks-studios-the-gates-the-infernals-the-creeps-trilogy-john-connolly-movie-1201605089/|url-status=live}}

Awards

  • Nominee: 1999 Bram Stoker Award (First Novel), for Every Dead Thing[http://www.horror.org/stokerwinnom.htm#1999 Stoker Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719141024/http://www.horror.org/stokerwinnom.htm |date=19 July 2010 }}
  • Nominee: 2000 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for Every Dead Thing{{cite web|url=http://deadlypleasures.com/barry.html|title=Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine- Barry Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032903/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html|archive-date=23 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}
  • Winner: 2000 Shamus Award (Best First P.I. Novel), for Every Dead Thing{{Cite web|url=https://thrillingdetective.com/2021/03/28/sorry-pal/|title=Sorry, pal…|date=28 March 2021|website=The Thrilling Detective Web Site|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718173839/https://thrillingdetective.com/2021/03/28/sorry-pal/|url-status=live}}
  • Nominee: 2001 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for Dark Hollow
  • Nominee: 2002 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for The Killing Kind
  • Winner: 2003 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for The White Road
  • Nominee: 2005 CWA Short Story Dagger Award, for "Miss Froom, Vampire"{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/short.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831102757/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/short.html|title=Crime Writers' Association: Dagger Awards|archive-date=31 August 2010}}
  • Nominee: 2007 Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, for The Book of Lost Things{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PreviousWinners.aspx?display=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004145233/http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PreviousWinners.aspx?display=1|title=Hughes and Hughes Irish Novel of the Year 2007 Nominee|archive-date=4 October 2011}}
  • Winner: 2012 Agatha Award (Best Nonfiction), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For
  • Nominee: 2013 Edgar Award (Best Critical/Biographical), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For
  • Nominee: 2013 H.R.F. Keating Award, with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For{{Cite web|url=http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2013.html|title=CRIMEFEST - crime fiction convention in Bristol, UK|website=www.crimefest.com|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-date=20 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320095522/http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2013.html|url-status=live}}
  • Winner: 2013 Anthony Award (Best Critical Nonfiction Work), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For
  • Winner: 2014 Edgar Award (Best Short Story), for The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, Bibliomysteries
  • Winner: 2014 Anthony Award (Best Short Story), for The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, Bibliomysteries{{Cite news|url=http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/|title=Winners and Nominees|date=2015-08-10|work=Bouchercon|access-date=2017-03-01|language=en|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009234527/http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/|url-status=live}}
  • Nominee: 2016 Barry Award (Best Novel), for A Song of Shadows{{Cite web|url=http://www.deadlypleasures.com/news.html|title=Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine- News|website=www.deadlypleasures.com|access-date=21 March 2016|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323004200/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/news.html|url-status=live}}
  • Nominee: 2018 Bram Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction), for Horror Express

References

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