Valerie Peterson asked Michael Connelly:

I'm a huge fan of both your novels and of TV procedural drama. As a writer, I'm interested in what you felt were the most challenging aspects of adapting the series to the screen. Also, there have been a lot of supporting characters in Harry's life — which ones will get core, ongoing roles in the series and why were those particular characters chosen? Thanks so much — I'm looking forward to seeing the series!

Michael Connelly I should first say this has been a lot of fun adapting these books to the screen. So when I talk about difficulties, they need to be put in perspective. It is hard to write scripts where you can never say what is going on inside a character’s head. That is the difficulty. I think readers who love Harry love him because of the way he thinks. Well, on the show, we can’t tell you how he thinks. We can only reveal him through what he says and does. Action and dialogue. So coming to this from the book world, I feel like I am missing a very big tool; interior dialogue. How Harry thinks, how he views the world, how he makes decisions. I had to leave all of that behind to work on this show. As far as characters go, that will be dictated by how successful the show is. The more seasons we get, the more episodes we get and the more of the characters from the books will turn up.

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