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Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including ''
A Drink Before the War ''A Drink Before the War'' is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published in 1994. It was his debut novel. It is the first book in a series focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Plot introduction Pr ...
''. Of these, four were adapted as films of the same names:
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's ''
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'' (2003),
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's '' Shutter Island'' (2010), and '' Gone Baby Gone'' (2007) and ''Live by Night'' (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck.


Personal life

Lehane was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He lived in the Boston area most of his life, where he sets most of his books, but now lives in southern California. He spent summers on Fieldston Beach in Marshfield.Kristen Walsh, "Lehane likes to keep it close to home; Dorchester native favors South Shore locales", '' The Patriot Ledger'' (Quincy, MA). June 9, 2007. Pg. ONE21. Lehane is the youngest of five children. His father was a foreman for Sears & Roebuck, and his mother worked in a Boston public school cafeteria. Both of his parents emigrated from Ireland.Introduction of Dennis Lehane by Dr. Donald R. Eastman, III
. Eckerd College Commencement 2005. Accessed July 13, 2007.
Lehane is a graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. His brother, Gerry Lehane, who is two and a half years older than Dennis, trained at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence and became an actor in New York in 1990. Gerry is a member of the Invisible City Theatre Company.Bella English, "In a Related Story: The Brothers Lehane have a strong bond, and a new shared stage," ''
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''. November 29, 2005. Pg. C1.
Lehane is married to Chisa Lehane. He has two children from a previous marriage. He is a graduate of
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(a Jesuit prep school), Eckerd College (where he found his passion for writing), and the graduate program in creative writing at
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in
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. He occasionally made guest appearances as himself in the ABC comedy/drama TV series ''
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Career


Literary career

Lehane's first novel, ''
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'' (1994), which introduced the recurring characters Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, won the 1995 Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel. The fourth novel in the series, ''Gone, Baby, Gone'', was adapted into a film of the same title in 2007; it was directed by Ben Affleck and starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as Kenzie and Gennaro. Commenting on the movie after a sneak peek, Lehane said, "I saw the movie and it's terrific, I wasn't gonna say anything if I didn't like it but it's really terrific.""Inside Track; Lehane: 'Gone' great, baby, great" by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Erin Hayes. ''
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''. July 10, 2007. Pg. 010.
Reportedly, Lehane "has never wanted to write the screenplays for the films ased on his own books because he says he has 'no desire to operate on my own child.'" Lehane's novel ''
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'' was adapted into a film in 2003; also called ''
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'' and directed by
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, it starred
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,
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, and Kevin Bacon. Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film. The novel itself was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the
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and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystère de la critique. Lehane's first play, ''Coronado'', debuted in New York in December 2005, produced by Invisible City Theater Company. The play had its regional premiere at American Stage in St. Petersburg in April 2006 and its Midwest premiere in the fall of 2007 with Steep Theatre Company in
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. ''Coronado'' is based on his acclaimed short story ''Until Gwen'', which was originally published in ''
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'' and was selected for both ''The Best American Short Stories'' and ''The Best Mystery Short Stories'' of 2005. Lehane described working on his historical novel, ''
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'', as "a five- or six-year project." the novel opens in 1918 and encompasses the 1919 Boston Police Strike and its aftermath. According to Lehane, "The strike changed everything. It had a big effect on the unionization movement, and
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came on the heels of that, then
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promising to break the unions. That's all linked to what's going on now.". While Lehane's epic novel centers on the 1919 Boston police strike, it contains a national sweep and may be the first of a trilogy or perhaps a four-book series. Lehane called the novel his "great white whale" and said that when he finally finished it, he would "either write a sequel—or take a break from the cops and return to Patrick and Angie." The novel was published in October 2008.Colette Bancroft, "From Passing Thought to 'Fiery Epic'", ''St. Petersburg Times (Florida)'', Festival of Reading; Pg. 5. October 23, 2008. On October 22, 2007, Paramount Pictures announced that they had optioned ''Shutter Island'' with
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attached as director. The Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation has Leonardo DiCaprio playing U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, "who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island." Mark Ruffalo played opposite DiCaprio as U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule. Production started in March 2008; ''Shutter Island'' was released on February 19, 2010. In 2010 Lehane published ''Moonlight Mile'', his sixth book in the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series, and his first of that genre in 11 years. He published ''World Gone By'' in March 2015. Lehane was appointed to the board of trustees of the
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by Mayor
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in December 2011.


Teaching career

Since becoming a literary success, Lehane has taught at several colleges. He taught fiction writing and serves as a member of the board of directors for the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at
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in
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. He has also taught advanced fiction writing at
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, where his classes quickly filled up. In May 2005, Lehane was presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Eckerd College and was appointed to Eckerd's board of trustees later that year. As of June 2006, he was living temporarily in St. Petersburg, Florida, and teaching as writer-in-residence at Eckerd (usually during the spring semester), where he also co-directs the Writers in Paradise conference each January.


Film career

Lehane wrote and directed an independent film called ''Neighborhoods'' in the mid-1990s. Later described as similar to '' Good Will Hunting,'' it was set in Boston's working class areas like Southie and Dorchester. Its production ended in 1996, more than a year before the better-known ''Good Will Hunting''. Lehane joined the writing staff of the HBO drama series '' The Wire'' for the third season in 2004. Lehane wrote the teleplay for the episode " Dead Soldiers" from a story by series creator and executive producer David Simon. Lehane made a cameo appearance in the third-season episode, " Middle Ground," as Sullivan, an officer in charge of special equipment. Lehane has commented that he was impressed by the show's creators ( David Simon and Ed Burns) having such an ear for authentic street slang. Lehane returned as a writer for the fourth season in 2006 and wrote the teleplay for the episode "
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," from a story he co-wrote with producer Ed Burns. Lehane and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony and the 2007
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for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay for their work on the fourth season. Lehane served as a writer for the fifth and final season in 2008 and was credited with the episode " Clarifications". Lehane and the writing staff were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2009 ceremony for their work on the fifth season but ''Mad Men'' won the award. He served as an executive producer for ''Shutter Island''. On November 27, 2012, ''The Boston Herald'' reported that Lehane would be joining the writing staff of HBO's ''
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'' as a writer and a creative consultant. He will consult with showrunner Terence Winter on the outline of the fourth season of the show, and he confirmed that he would write at least one episode. Lehane wrote his first film screenplay, '' The Drop,'' as an adaptation of his short story "Animal Rescue". The film starred Tom Hardy,
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, and James Gandolfini (in his final film performance). Released September 12, 2014, the movie received positive reviews, particularly for its "smartly written script." In 2013 Lehane was contracted to write a screenplay, ''Silk Road,'' about the online black market. That same year attached to adapt the script for the remake of the critically acclaimed French film '' A Prophet,'' a prison drama.


Works


Bibliography


Novels

''Kenzie & Gennaro'' series: # ''
A Drink Before the War ''A Drink Before the War'' is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published in 1994. It was his debut novel. It is the first book in a series focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Plot introduction Pr ...
'' (1994). # '' Darkness, Take My Hand'' (1996). # ''
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'' (1997). # ''
Gone, Baby, Gone ''Gone Baby Gone'' is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck, in his directorial debut. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Stockard based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film stars Casey Affl ...
'' (1998). # ''
Prayers for Rain ''Prayers for Rain'' is a 1999 crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane. It is the fifth novel in the author's Kenzie-Gennaro series, focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Plot summary After the events of ...
'' (1999). # '' Moonlight Mile'' (2010). ''Coughlin'' series: # ''
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'' (2008). # '' Live by Night'' (2012). # ''
World Gone By ''World Gone By'' is a crime novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2015. Plot summary Ten years after the events chronicled in the prior novel, ''Live by Night'', Joe Coughlin is working as the consigliere to the crime family headed by hi ...
'' (2015). Stand-alones: * ''
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'' (2001). * '' Shutter Island'' (2003). * '' Coronado: Stories'' (2006). * '' The Drop'' (2014). * ''
Since We Fell ''Since We Fell'' is a psychological thriller novel by American author Dennis Lehane, published in May 2017. Plot summary Rachel Childs is a former print and television journalist whose career ended following an on-air meltdown precipitated by c ...
'' (2017). * ''Small Mercies'' (2023).


Short stories

* "Animal Rescue" (2009)


Filmography

* ''
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'' (2003) novel the film is based on * '' The Wire'' (2002 TV series) writer ** Episode 3.03 " Dead Soldiers" (2004) story and teleplay ** Episode 3.11 " Middle Ground" (2004) actor ** Episode 4.04 "
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" (2006) story and teleplay ** Episode 5.08 " Clarifications" (2008) story and teleplay * '' Gone Baby Gone'' (2007) novel the film is based on * '' Shutter Island'' (2010) novel the film is based on; executive producer * ''
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'' (2009) actor, as himself ** Episode 3.21 " The Dead Pool" (2011) * ''
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'' (2013 TV series) writer; creative consultant ** Episode 4.02 "Resignation" (2013) * '' The Drop'' (2014) screenwriter, based on his own short story "Animal Rescue" * '' Live by Night'' (2016) novel the film is based on * ''
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'' (2017 TV series) writer; consulting producer ** Episode 1.04 "Gods Who Fall" (2017) ** Episode 1.06 "People in the Rain" (2017) ** Episode 1.07 "Willow Lake" (2017) ** Episode 1.10 "Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner" (2017) ** Episode 2.01 "Missed You" (2018) ** Episode 2.07 "Fell On Black Days" (2018, with Samantha Stratton & Mike Batistick) ** Episode 2.09 "Walk Like a Man" (2018, with David E. Kelley) * '' The Outsider'' (2020 miniseries) writer ** Episode 1.07 "In the Pines, In the Pines" (2020) ** Episode 1.09 "Tigers and Bears" (2020) * '' Black Bird'' (2022 miniseries) developer and writer


Awards and nominations

;Notes * A Shared with Brian Helgeland, while tied with Gary Ross and Laura Hillenbrand for '' Seabiscuit'' * B Also shared with Helgeland. * C Shared with Ed Burns,
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, David Mills, Eric Overmyer,
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, Richard Price, David Simon and
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. * D Shared with Burns, Chris Collins, Corthron, Mills, Overmyer, Pelecanos, Price, Simon and Zorzi. * E Also shared with Burns, Collins, Mills, Pelecanos, Price, Simon and Zorzi. * F Shared with Terence Winter, Nelson Johnson,
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, Steve Kornacki, Cristine Chambers, David Flebotte, David M. Matthews, David Stenn, and Jennifer Ames. He has won other professional awards and honorary degrees: In Spring 2009, Lehane received the Joseph E. Connor Award and was made an honorary brother of the Phi Alpha Tau professional fraternity at
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in Boston, Massachusetts. Other brothers and Connor Award recipients include
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,
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,
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,
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, Edward R. Murrow,
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, and Walter Cronkite. Also in Spring 2009, Lehane presented the commencement speech at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts, and was awarded an honorary degree. On October 6, 2015, Lehane won a spot in Best American Mystery Stories.


Novelizations

* Novel '' The Drop'', novelization of film '' The Drop'' (2014)


Adaptations

* ''
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'' (2003), film directed by
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, based on novel ''
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'' * '' Gone Baby Gone'' (2007), film directed by Ben Affleck, based on novel ''
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'' * '' Shutter Island'' (2010), film directed by
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, based on novel '' Shutter Island'' * '' The Drop'' (2014), film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, based on short story "Animal Rescue" * '' Live by Night'' (2016), film directed by Ben Affleck, based on novel '' Live by Night'' * ''Gone Baby Gone'' (2018), telefilm directed by Phillip Noyce, based on novel ''
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References


External links

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Interview with Dennis Lehane
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