I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

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.