The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

Ĭonnelly had planned on following his father's early choice of career in building construction and started out at the University of Florida in Gainesville, at the Rinker School of Building Construction, studying construction management.

This event introduced Connelly to the world of police officers and their lives, impressing him with the way they worked. Later that night, Connelly brought the police down to the bar, but the man was already gone. After putting the gun back, he followed the man to a bar and then left to go home to tell his father.

Connelly decided to investigate and found that the object was a gun wrapped in a lumberjack shirt. At age 16, Connelly's interest in crime and mystery escalated when, on his way home from his work as a hotel dishwasher, he witnessed a man throw an object into a hedge. Īt age 12, Connelly moved with his family from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he attended St. Connelly's mother was a fan of crime fiction and introduced her son to the world of mystery novels. According to Connelly, his father was a frustrated artist who encouraged his children to want to succeed in life and was a risk taker who alternated between success and failure in his pursuit of a career.

Michael Connelly, a property developer, and Mary Connelly, a homemaker. Early life Ĭonnelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second oldest child of W. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1997 novel, Blood Work. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. Michael Joseph Connelly (born J) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller.Ĭonnelly is the bestselling author of 31 novels and one work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into 40 languages.

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly