History Creator / JohnConnolly

Connolly is also the author of two sci-fi/fantasy series for young adults. The ''Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil'' trilogy does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a young boy growing up in a quiet English village finds the town repeatedly overrun by the demonic forces of Hell itself. Surprisingly, HilarityEnsues more often than not, usually due to the incompetence of the demons, many of whom turn out to be sympathetic to Samuel and his friends. The darkly comic tone of the series has led to comparisons with Creator/TerryPratchett and Creator/MontyPython. The final book in the trilogy has now been published and completes the story, although Connolly has said that he might return to the characters with a new scenario at a later date. Connolly's newer YA series, ''The Chronicles of the Invaders'', is co-written with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard. In an AlternateTimeline where the Earth was taken over in a (mostly) bloodless coup by an alien race sometime in the early '90s, an Illyri princess living in isolation in Edinburgh Castle accidentally finds herself romantically involved with a member of the human resistance, whose attempts to drive out the invaders are increasingly leading to violent hostilities between the races. Only two books have been published thus far, but the authors predict that the series will eventually run to three or four entries.

* ThreeAmigos: Connolly's ''Samuel Johnson'' series for young adults has its own, kid-friendlier version of the Power Trio in the form of [[TheHero Sam]], [[TheLancer Tom]] and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Maria]], three school friends who accidentally witness the gates of Hell opening in their town. (So maybe not all ''that'' kid friendly, but none of them are assassins...)

* NamesTheSame: He is not to be confused with the FBI agent who collaborated with notorious Boston gang leader James "Whitey" Bulger.
** In a particularly disturbing RealLife example, ''The Burning Soul'' makes mention of both Whitey Bulger and James Bulger, the victim of a disgusting murder perpetrated by two children, who subsequently received new identities upon release- clearly the inspiration for the book's plot.

* GentleGiant: Joe Dupree in Bad Men
* ThreeAmigos: Connolly's ''Samuel Johnson'' series for young adults has its own, kid-friendlier version of the Power Trio in the form of [[TheHero Sam]], [[TheLancer Tom]] and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Maria]], three school friends who accidentally witness the gates of Hell opening in their town. (So maybe not all ''that'' kid friendly, but none of them are assassins...)

See the specific pages for tropes relating to Literature/TheBookOfLostThings and the Literature/CharlieParkerSeries

John Connolly is the best-selling author of a number of ass-kicking horror, supernatural and mystery novels.

His main hero, [[PrivateDetective private detective]] Charlie Parker, is a BadAss anti-hero who sees dead people and keeps company with murderers and criminals. After the death of his wife and daughter he goes off the deep end, before resurfacing months later to wreak havoc on America's criminal underworld. There are currently thirteen titles in the series: twelve novels and one novella, the latter of which can be found in the ''Nocturnes'' collection along with many of Connolly's short horror stories. A further novel-length thriller, ''Bad Men'', is also set in the Charlie Parker universe but centres around a different set of characters and situations; like the Parker novels, depictions of human evil are offset by some genuinely scary supernatural visitations.

* ViralTransformation: In The Cancer Cowboy Rides.

Connolly is also the author of two sci-fi/fantasy series for young adults. The ''Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil'' trilogy does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a young boy growing up in a quiet English village finds the town repeatedly overrun by the demonic forces of Hell itself. Surprisingly, HilarityEnsues more often than not, usually due to the incompetence of the demons, many of whom turn out to be sympathetic to Samuel and his friends. The darkly comic tone of the series has led to comparisons with Creator/TerryPratchett and Creator/MontyPython. The final book in the trilogy has now been published and completes the story, although Connolly has said that he might return to the characters with a new scenario at a later date. Connolly's newer YA series, ''The Chronicles of the Invaders'', is co-written with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard. In an AlternateTimeline where the Earth was taken over in a (mostly) bloodless coup by an alien race sometime in the early '90s, an Illyri princess living in isolation in Edinburgh Castle accidentally finds herself romantically involved with a member of the human resistance, whose attempts to drive out the invaders are increasingly leading to violent hostilities between the races. Only one book has been published thus far, but the authors predict that the series will eventually run to three or four entries.

Connolly is also the author of two sci-fi/fantasy series for young adults. The ''Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil'' trilogy does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a young boy growing up in a quiet English village finds the town repeatedly overrun by the demonic forces of Hell itself. Surprisingly, HilarityEnsues more often than not, usually due to the incompetence of the demons, many of whom turn out to be sympathetic to Samuel and his friends. The darkly comic tone of the series has led to comparisons with TerryPratchett and MontyPython. The final book in the trilogy has now been published and completes the story, although Connolly has said that he might return to the characters with a new scenario at a later date. Connolly's newer YA series, ''The Chronicles of the Invaders'', is co-written with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard. In an AlternateTimeline where the Earth was taken over in a (mostly) bloodless coup by an alien race sometime in the early '90s, an Illyri princess living in isolation in Edinburgh Castle accidentally finds herself romantically involved with a member of the human resistance, whose attempts to drive out the invaders are increasingly leading to violent hostilities between the races. Only one book has been published thus far, but the authors predict that the series will eventually run to three or four entries.

See the specific pages for tropes relating to Literature/TheBookOfLostThings and the Literature/CharlieParkerSeries

Oh, and he's Irish. Who knew?

John Connolly is the best-selling author of a number of ass-kicking horror and mystery novels.