You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." ("The Castle")

Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004. Michael Connelly (born July 21 1956 Philadelphia Pennsylvania) 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.