Authors on the Web - Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly Trivia

1. Blood Work was inspired, in part, by Connelly's friend receiving a:
A) Kidney transplant
B) Leg amputation
C) Heart transplant
D) Blood transfusion

2. Connelly's first novel was:
A) The Black Ice
B) The Black Echo
C) The Last Coyote C
D) The Concrete Blonde

3. Connelly is one of the creators of which UPN Network television show:
A) Level 9
B) Star Trek Voyager
C) Moesha
D) Freedom

4. His last book, Void Moon, was released in 2000 and introduced a high-stakes Las Vegas thief named:
A) Cassie Black
B) Jack McEvoy
C) Terry McCaleb
D) Jack Karch

5. Because "[h]e's just too like me...and it's hard to sustain a whole year of writing about yourself", Connelly's lease favorite character is:
A) Terry McCaleb
B) Harry Bosch
C) Jack McEvoy
D) Frankie Sheehan

6. Which of the following is not a Harry Bosch novel:
A) A Darkness More Than Night
B) The Black Echo
C) Trunk Music
D) Void Moon

7. What real life event did Connelly hold up as the "golden example of the cliché that the truth is stranger than fiction":
A) Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton scandal
B) The O.J. Simpson murder case
C) The L.A. riots
D) Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuco scandal

8. In his latest novel, A Darkness More Than Night, which two characters does Connelly unite:
A) Terry McCaleb and Harry Bosch
B) Harry Bosch and Jack McEvoy
C) Terry McCaleb and Jack McEvoy
D) Cassie Black and Harry Bosch

9. Which book marks the first time Connelly made a female his central protagonist:
A) Angels Flight
B) A Darkness More Than Night
C) Void Moon
D) Blood Work

10. Connelly won which of the following awards for his debut novel, The Black Echo:
A) The National Book Award
B) The Edgar Award
C) National Book Critics Circle Award
D) The Pulitzer Prize