Author John Connolly: ‘Stephen King once gently corrected my grammar on a stage in New York in front of thousands of people’

The Charlie Parker novelist on picking up the bill, his worst break-up and escaping a night in jail

Author John Connolly. Photo: Ivan Gimenez Costa

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Best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker, John lives in his native Dublin with his wife, Jennifer Ridyard.

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