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-lrb- 2000 -rrb- detroit , michigan 275px 29 november 1943 fiction , crime fiction john-shannon . jpg john shannon -lrb- novelist -rrb-
 john shannon novelist , mystery writer
john shannon -lrb- novelist -rrb-

john shannon -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- is a contemporary american author , lately of detective fiction .
he began his career with four well-reviewed novels in the 1970s and 1980s , then in 1996 launched the jack liffey mystery series .
he cites as his literary influences raymond chandler , ross macdonald , graham greene , robert stone and jim harrison .
