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Adrian McKinty


Born
in Belfast, Northern Ireland, The United Kingdom
June 08, 1968

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult


Adrian McKinty is an Irish novelist. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Victoria Council Estate, Carrickfergus, County Antrim. He read law at the University of Warwick and politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, living first in Harlem, New York and from 2001 on, in Denver, Colorado, where he taught high school English and began writing fiction. He lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 236,634 ratings · 29,045 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors
The Chain
3.79 avg rating — 127,241 ratings — published 2019 — 117 editions
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The Island
3.77 avg rating — 35,447 ratings — published 2022 — 53 editions
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The Cold Cold Ground (Detec...
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3.92 avg rating — 14,133 ratings — published 2012 — 51 editions
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I Hear the Sirens in the St...
4.07 avg rating — 8,847 ratings — published 2013 — 45 editions
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In the Morning I'll be Gone...
4.24 avg rating — 7,981 ratings — published 2014 — 40 editions
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Rain Dogs (Detective Sean D...
4.19 avg rating — 6,807 ratings — published 2016 — 23 editions
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Gun Street Girl (Detective ...
4.21 avg rating — 6,627 ratings — published 2015 — 35 editions
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Police at the Station and T...
4.33 avg rating — 6,298 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions
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Dead I Well May Be (Michael...
3.95 avg rating — 4,369 ratings — published 2003 — 38 editions
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The Detective Up Late (Sean...
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Quotes by Adrian McKinty  (?)
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“It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.”
― Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground
tags: brothers, only-children, siblings, talking
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“Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.”
― Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground
tags: conspiracy, gods, humans, patterns, religion
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“Forget him, he's just another red-shirted extra making a cameo appearance in our lives.”
― Adrian Mckinty
tags: humor
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Mystery/Thriller ...: march 2011 - sandi 2 38 Apr 02, 2011 08:07PM  
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