John Connolly in Conversation

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, The Land of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly’s debut – Every Dead Thing – introduced Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and he has sold more than 8 million copies in English language alone. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger, the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus Award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar Award. Books To Die For, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards for Best Non-Fiction work. John writes regularly for newspapers and magazines and hosts a radio show on RTE. He divides his time between Dublin and Portland, Maine.

Vaseem Khan, author of acclaimed crime series set in India, balances modern Mumbai with 1950s Bombay in his Baby Ganesh Agency and Malabar House novels, respectively. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, garnered praise, earning translation into 17 languages and recognition by the Sunday Times. Midnight at Malabar House clinched the Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger in 2021. Born in England and having worked a decade in India, Khan broke barriers as the first non-white Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association in 2023.