Michael Joseph Connelly is an American author of crime fiction, his most well-known works include detective novels featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bestselling author of 31 novels and was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. Fifty-eight million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and his books have been translated into thirty-nine foreign languages.