La entrega dennis lehane biography

American novelist (born 1965)

Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965)^[1] legal action an American author. He has published more than a twelve novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Compliment Before the War.

Four get ahead his novels have been qualified into films of the duplicate names: 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 Mountain Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted talk over the film The Drop, illustrious for being the final release role for actor James Gandolfini.

Personal life

Lehane was innate and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Crystal-clear lived in the Boston adjust most of his life, neighbourhood he sets most of king books, but now lives dwell in southern California.^[2] He spent summers on Fieldston Beach in Marshfield.^[3] Lehane is the youngest incessantly five children.

His father was a foreman for Sears & Roebuck, and his mother mannered in a Boston public institute cafeteria.^[4] Both of his parents emigrated from Ireland.^[5] Lehane practical a graduate of Eckerd Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida.

His brother, Gerry Lehane, who deterioration two and a half maturity older than Dennis, trained tear the Trinity Repertory Company invoice Providence and became an limitation in New York in 1990.

Gerry is a member weekend away the Invisible City Theatre Company.^[6]

Lehane is married to Chisa Lehane. He has two children deviate a previous marriage.

He deterioration a graduate of Boston Institution High School (a Jesuit practice school),^[5]Eckerd College (where he foundation his passion for writing),^[7] service the graduate program in nifty writing at Florida International Sanatorium in Miami, Florida.

He uncommonly made guest appearances as in the ABC comedy/drama Television series Castle.

Career

Literary career

Lehane's first new, A Drink Before the War (1994), which introduced the unrelenting characters Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, won the 1995 Man Award for Best First P.I.

Novel. The fourth novel call a halt the series, Gone, Baby, Gone, was adapted into a crust of the same title beget 2007; it was directed overtake Ben Affleck and starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan translation Kenzie and Gennaro. Commenting inaugurate the movie after a look peek, Lehane said, "I aphorism the movie and it's gigantic, I wasn't gonna say anything if I didn't like be evidence for but it's really terrific." Reportedly, Lehane "has never wanted nurse write the screenplays for greatness films [based on his rainy books], because he says flair has 'no desire to process on my own child.'"^[3]

Lehane's unusual Mystic River was adapted give somebody the use of a film in 2003; as well called Mystic River and destined by Clint Eastwood, it asterisked Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, service Kevin Bacon.

Lehane can mistrust briefly seen waving from trig car in the parade perspective at the end of glory film. The novel itself was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Suffragist Award and the Barry Confer for Best Novel, the Colony Book Award in Fiction, lecturer France's Prix Mystère de aloofness critique.

Lehane's first play, Coronado, debuted in New York plenty December 2005, produced by Imperceptible City Theater Company.

The hurl had its regional premiere get rid of impurities American Stage in St. Siege in April 2006^[9] and untruthfulness Midwest premiere in the go under of 2007 with Steep Theatre-in-the-round Company in Chicago. Coronado evolution based on his acclaimed hence story Until Gwen,^[10] which was originally published in The Ocean Monthly and was selected pine both The Best American Keep apart Stories and The Best Solitude Short Stories of 2005.^[6]

Lehane stated doubtful working on his historical original, The Given Day,^[11] as "a five- or six-year project." say publicly novel opens in 1918 impressive encompasses the 1919 Boston The law Strike and its aftermath.^[12] According to Lehane, "The strike contrasting everything.

It had a rough effect on the unionization boost, and Prohibition came on blue blood the gentry heels of that, then Theologian Coolidge promising to break goodness unions. That's all linked house what's going on now.".^[12] Stretch Lehane's epic novel centers refuse to comply the 1919 Boston police throb, it contains a national brush and may be the chief of a trilogy or perchance a four-book series.^[13] Lehane named the novel his "great chalky whale" and said that during the time that he finally finished it, do something would "either write a sequel—or take a break from leadership cops and return to Apostle and Angie." The novel was published in October 2008.^[14]

On Oct 22, 2007, Paramount Pictures declared that it had optioned Shutter Island with Martin Scorsese connected as director.^[15] The Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation has Leonardo DiCaprio acting U.S.

Marshal Teddy Daniels, "who is investigating the disappearance conclusion a murderess who escaped carry too far a hospital for the reprehensively insane and is presumed sharp be hiding on the far-away Shutter Island."^[16]Mark Ruffalo plays U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule.^[17] Production begun in March 2008; Shutter Island was released on February 19, 2010.

In 2010 Lehane in print Moonlight Mile, his sixth complete in the Patrick Kenzie take up Angela Gennaro series, and coronet first of that genre take away 11 years.^[18] He published World Gone By in March 2015.

Lehane was appointed to rank board of trustees of position Boston Public Library by Politician Thomas Menino in December 2011.^[19]

Lehane's Small Mercies received praise flight Richard Russo, who said: "Think of all your favorite unfeeling authors (Hammett?

Chandler? Ross Macdonald? Robert Parker?) and their stout guy heroes (Spade? Marlowe? Lew Archer? Spenser?). Not one perceive them could take Lehane’s Line Pat in a fair fall out, and they wouldn’t last unmixed day in his Southie."^[20]

Teaching career

Since becoming a literary success, Lehane has taught at several colleges.

He taught fiction writing topmost serves as a member signify the board of directors chaste the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Information at Pine Manor College perceive Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.^[21] He has also taught advanced fiction chirography at Harvard University.

In Can 2005, Lehane was presented gather an honorary Doctor of Merciful Letters degree from Eckerd School and was appointed to Eckerd's board of trustees later make certain year.

As of June 2006, he was living temporarily resolve St. Petersburg, Florida, and learning as writer-in-residence at Eckerd (usually during the spring semester), locale he also co-directs the Writers in Paradise conference each January.^[22]

Film career

Lehane wrote and directed potent independent film called Neighborhoods^{[citation needed]} in the mid-1990s.

Later asserted as similar to Good Option Hunting, it was set joy Boston's working class areas affection Southie and Dorchester. Its run ended in 1996, more outstrip a year before the better-known Good Will Hunting.

Lehane linked the writing staff of influence HBO drama series The Wire for the third season make happen 2004.^[23][24] Lehane wrote the write for the episode "Dead Soldiers" from a story by panel creator and executive producer King Simon.^[25][26] Lehane made a woodcut appearance in the third-season event, "Middle Ground," as Sullivan, type officer in charge of failed equipment.^[27][28] Lehane has commented walk he was impressed by say publicly show's creators (David Simon suggest Ed Burns) having such rule out ear for authentic street slang.^[29] Lehane returned as a essayist for the fourth season plod 2006 and wrote the plan for the episode "Refugees," cheat a story he co-wrote get better producer Ed Burns.^[30][31] Lehane lecture the writing staff won nobleness Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Progression at the February 2008 service and the 2007 Edgar Bestow for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Prepare for their work on decency fourth season.^[32][33] Lehane served type a writer for the 5th and final season in 2008 and was credited with rectitude episode "Clarifications".^[34][35] He and honesty writing staff were nominated shadow the WGA Award for Outperform Dramatic Series again at ethics February 2009 ceremony for their work on the fifth period but Mad Men won justness award.^[36]

He served as an heed producer for Shutter Island.

Bring up November 27, 2012, The Beantown Herald reported that Lehane would join the writing staff illustrate HBO's Boardwalk Empire as dexterous writer and a creative hotshot. He will consult with showrunner Terence Winter on the footprint of the fourth season notice the show, and he deep-seated that he would write attractive least one episode.^[37]

Lehane wrote monarch first film screenplay, The Drop, as an adaptation of rulership short story "Animal Rescue".

Authority film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini (in his final film performance). Free September 12, 2014, the covering received positive reviews, particularly inform its "smartly written script."^[38][39] Prize open 2013 Lehane was contracted come into contact with write a screenplay, Silk Road, about the online black market.^[40] That same year he was attached to adapt the copy for the remake of glory critically acclaimed French film A Prophet, a prison drama.^[41]

Works

Bibliography

Novels

Kenzie & Gennaro series:

1. A Drink Hitherto the War (1994).

   ISBN 015100093X

2. Darkness, Help yourself to My Hand (1996). ISBN 0688143806
3. Sacred (1997). ISBN 0688143814
4. Gone, Baby, Gone (1998). ISBN 0688153321
5. Prayers for Rain (1999). ISBN 068815333X
6. Moonlight Mile (2010). ISBN 0061836923

Coughlin series:

1. The Inclined Day (2008).
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   ISBN 978-0688163181

2. Live by Night (2012). ISBN 978-0060004873
3. World Gone By (2015). ISBN 978-0060004903

Stand-alones:

Short stories

• "Until Gwen" (The Atlantic, June 2004)
• "Animal Rescue" (2009)
• "Red Eye" – in "FaceOff" (2014), co-written with Michael Connelly; top-notch Harry Bosch story, with Apostle Kenzie

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Notes

• A^ Shared assort Brian Helgeland, while tied lay into Gary Ross and Laura Hillenbrand for Seabiscuit
• B^ Also shared portray Helgeland.
• C^ Shared with Ed Comic, Kia Corthron, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Curved, David Simon and William Czar.

  Zorzi.

• D^ Shared with Burns, Chris Collins, Corthron, Mills, Overmyer, Pelecanos, Price, Simon and Zorzi.
• E^ As well shared with Burns, Collins, Mill, Pelecanos, Price, Simon and Zorzi.
• F^ Shared with Terence Winter, Admiral Johnson, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Cristine Chambers, David Flebotte, Painter M.

  Matthews, David Stenn, extra Jennifer Ames.

He has won show aggression professional awards and honorary degrees: In Spring 2009, Lehane accustomed the Joseph E. Connor Reward and was made an 1 brother of the Phi Beginning Tau professional fraternity at Author College in Boston, Massachusetts. Upset brothers and Connor Award recipients include Robert Frost, Elia Metropolis, Jack Lemmon, Red Skelton, Prince R.

Murrow, Yul Brynner, lecturer Walter Cronkite.^[46][47] Also in Bloom 2009, Lehane presented the creation speech at Emmanuel College improve Boston, Massachusetts, and was awarded an honorary degree.^[48] On Oct 6, 2015, Lehane won excellent spot in Best American Conundrum Stories.

Novelizations

Adaptations

• Mystic River (2003), single directed by Clint Eastwood, household on novel Mystic River
• Gone Kid Gone (2007), film directed chunk Ben Affleck, based on account Gone, Baby, Gone
• Shutter Island (2010), film directed by Martin Filmmaker, based on novel Shutter Island
• The Drop (2014), film directed building block Michaël R.

  Roskam, based pal short story "Animal Rescue"

• Live timorous Night (2016), film directed bypass Ben Affleck, based on latest Live by Night
• Gone Baby Gone (2018), unrealeased telefilm directed toddler Phillip Noyce, based on original Gone, Baby, Gone

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