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Dennis Lehane is an American writer, novelist, and screenwriter born on August 4, 1965, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He began his work period in 1994 and writes in English. Lehane is educated at the University of Massachusetts Boston and has been employed by Harvard University. His literary output includes 29 works, with notable titles such as *Live by Night*, *Shutter Island Graphic Novel*, *Face Off*, and *Red Eye : Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch*.
Lehane’s writing primarily falls within the detective fiction genre. He has received several awards for his work, including the Writers Guild of America Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, the Nero Award, and the Shamus Award.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 August 1965
- Works
- 29
Top works
- להתעורר עם הספק
- Red Eye : Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch
- Face Off
- Live by Night
- Shutter Island Graphic Novel
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has written several award-winning novels, including A Drink Before the War and the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Another novel, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. His novel Shutter Island was…
Known for
- Castle — Self2009
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self2005
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface — Self2004
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen — Self2003
- The Wire — Off. Sullivan2002
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-08-04 ) August 4, 1965 (age 60) , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist, screenwriter
- Alma mater
- Eckerd College , Florida International University
- Genre
- Crime fiction , mystery fiction
- Spouse
- Chisa Lehane
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dorchester
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Official website
- dennislehane.com
- Image
- Dennis Lehane BBF 2010 Shankbone crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dennis Lehane
- date of birth
- 1965-08-04
- Commons gallery
- Dennis Lehane
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Dennis Lehane
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Encyclopedic overview
Dennis Lehane (/ləˈheɪn/ lə-HAYN; born August 4, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. 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 (1994). Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same name: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the 2014 film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini.
Personal life
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