Michael Connelly Q&A
Simon Mayo's Books of the Year
Bauer Media
4.8 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Michael Connelly joins Simon and Matt for a good ole Q&A.
He gives us some great book recommendations, talks about his collection of jazz biographies and tells us which authors he'd invite to a fantasy dinner party.
We also surprise him with a question from fellow author and fan, Denise Mina!
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| 1:29.7 | Okay, welcome. It's our bonus Q&A episode of Books of the Year with international bestselling author superstar Michael Connolly. He's in New York. It looks like a luxury suite, I think. Well, that's that kind of thing. He was up late last night at a special event, |
| 1:34.7 | but he's making some time for us today. So Michael, question number one, the same as it was last time. |
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