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The American writer Michael Connelly initially worked as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the US’s largest newspapers. After three years on the crime beat in L.A., he began writing his first novel that featured Detective Harry Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo - based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles - was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel presented by the Mystery Writers of America. Many more novels have followed, but Connelly was in Germany for the release of the German translation of the Harry Bosch novel, Echo Park.

In this week’s Inspired Minds, Michael Connelly talks to Breandáin O’Shea about his very unique method of collecting inspiration for his novels, the similarities Harry Bosch has with him and his uncanny instinct for knowing when idea is enough for a book.

Interview: Breandáin O’Shea/ Michael Connelly