VJ Books Features John Connolly!

John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department store in London. He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin and journalism at Dublin City University, subsequently spending five years working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper, to which he continues to contribute.

His first novel, Every Dead Thing, was published in 1999, and introduced the character of Charlie Parker, a former policeman hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Dark Hollow followed in 2000. The third Parker novel, The Killing Kind, was published in 2001, with The White Road following in 2002. In 2003, John published his fifth novel—and first stand-alone book—Bad Men. In 2004, Nocturnes, a collection of novellas and short stories, was added to the list, and 2005 marked the publication of the fifth Charlie Parker novel, The Black Angel. John's seventh novel, The Book of Lost Things, a story about fairy stories and the power that books have to shape our world and our imaginations, was published in September 2006, followed by the next Parker novel, The Unquiet, in 2007, The Reapers in 2008, The Lovers in 2009, and The Whisperers, the ninth Charlie Parker novel, in 2010.  In 2011, the UK edition of Hell's Bells: Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil Round 2 will be released.

John Connolly is based in Dublin but divides his time between his native city and the United States.
 

Burning Soul Signed 1st UK Ed.

Book of Lost Things Signed First Edition

Hell's Bells Signed 1st UK Ed.

Killing Kind Signed First Edition

Every Dead Thing Signed First Edition

Black Angel UK Signed 1st UK Ed.

John Connolly Bibliography  - Novels

Charlie Parker Series

·         Every Dead Thing, 1999

·         Dark Hollow, 2000

·         The Killing Kind, 2001

·         The White Road, 2002

·         "The Reflecting Eye", a novella included in Nocturnes, his collection of short stories, 2004

·         The Black Angel, 2005

·         The Unquiet, 2007

·         The Reapers, May 2008

·         The Lovers, 2009

·         The Whisperers, 2010

·         The Burning Soul, 2011

Other Novels

·         Bad Men, 2003 (Connolly's first stand-alone crime novel)

·         The Book of Lost Things, 2006 (Connolly's first non-mystery novel)

·         The Gates, 2009

·         Hell's Bells: Samuel Johnson vs.The Devil, UK Edition 2011.  The US edition of Hell’s Bell, titled The Infernals, will also be available 2011.