John Connolly
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in Dublin, Ireland
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March 2012
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https://www.goodreads.com/johnconnollybooks
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The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
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2006
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107 editions
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
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1999
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115 editions
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Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker, #2)
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2000
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88 editions
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The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3)
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2001
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82 editions
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The Gates (Samuel Johnson, #1)
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2009
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71 editions
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The Black Angel (Charlie Parker, #5)
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2005
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3 editions
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The Unquiet (Charlie Parker, #6)
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2007
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79 editions
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The White Road (Charlie Parker, #4)
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2003
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4 editions
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The Lovers (Charlie Parker, #8)
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2009
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69 editions
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The Dirty South (Charlie Parker, #18)
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2020
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21 editions
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“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
“I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I know it seems like a contradiction in terms; after all reading is such a solitary, internalizing act that it appears to represent a disengagement from day-to-day life. But reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
“Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
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Feb 08, 2014 09:12AM
Thank you for the connection and also for all the wonderful storytelling.
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Hello, Mr. Connolly. Thank you for accepting my request. I am "The Book Of Lost Things" fan. I am sorry to say that I never heard of you prior to stumbbling upon the book in audio format in an eaudiobook collection at the local library. The book could have easily been based on my childhood, and I'm sure many fans of the book feel the same way. I had my own demons to hide from from time to time and so fairy tales and the Serbian and Celtic epic poetry were my favorite "hiding places". To this day I refuse to acknowledge the borders between "reality" and "fantasy". We all live and then die, so we might as well enjoy the solice and comfort and happiness and benefit from wisdom, wherever we find them, be it in what the common refer to as "the real world" or "only in your head".And your Charlie Parker series, along with Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin series, rekindled my interest in the mystery genre. Thank you!
Hi John thanks for accepting me as a friend, big fan of Charlie Parker, love the supernatural elements to the stories. Very edgy.
Hello! For those that don't know..Mr. Connolly will be stopping by the YA Book Club for a Q&A. Be sure to stop by in May when we read The Book of Lost Things!http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/3...

























































