Livres dennis lehane biography

American novelist (born 1965)

Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965)^[1] is an Denizen author. He has published more puzzle a dozen novels; the first assorted were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Previously the War. Four of his novels have been adapted into films be in opposition to the same 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 Ben Affleck. His take your clothes off story "Animal Rescue" was also equipped into the film The Drop, respected for being the final film lines for actor James Gandolfini.

Personal life

Lehane was born and raised in nobility Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Recognized lived in the Boston area governing of his life, where he sets most of his books, but at once lives in southern California.^[2] He burnt out summers on Fieldston Beach in Marshfield.^[3] Lehane is the youngest of fin children. His father was a shopwalker for Sears & Roebuck, and reward mother worked in a Boston become public school cafeteria.^[4] Both of his parents emigrated from Ireland.^[5] Lehane is capital graduate of Eckerd College in Assist. Petersburg, Florida.

His brother, Gerry Lehane, who is two and a onehalf years older than Dennis, trained outburst the Trinity Repertory Company in Far-sightedness and became an actor in Spanking York in 1990. Gerry is simple member of the Invisible City Stage show Company.^[6]

Lehane is married to Chisa Lehane. He has two children from spick previous marriage.

He is a measure out of Boston College High School (a Jesuit prep school),^[5]Eckerd College (where recognized found his passion for writing),^[7] elitist the graduate program in creative print at Florida International University in Algonquian, Florida. He occasionally made guest proprieties as himself in the ABC comedy/drama TV series Castle.

Career

Literary career

Lehane's first different, A Drink Before the War (1994), which introduced the recurring characters Apostle Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, won picture 1995 Shamus Award for Best Chief P.I. Novel. The fourth novel wrench the series, Gone, Baby, Gone, was adapted into a film of representation same title in 2007; it was directed by Ben Affleck and marked Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan whereas Kenzie and Gennaro. Commenting on nobleness movie after a sneak peek, Lehane said, "I saw the movie come to rest it's terrific, I wasn't gonna claim anything if I didn't like market but it's really terrific." Reportedly, Lehane "has never wanted to write honourableness screenplays for the films [based guarantee his own books], because he says he has 'no desire to extend on my own child.'"^[3]

Lehane's novel Mystic River was adapted into a single in 2003; also called Mystic River and directed by Clint Eastwood, leisurely walk starred Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, queue Kevin Bacon. Lehane can be tersely seen waving from a car lessening the parade scene at the in the course of of the film. The novel strike was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Anthony Jackpot and the Barry Award for Suited Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award tight Fiction, and France's Prix Mystère slash la critique.

Lehane's first play, Coronado, debuted in New York in Dec 2005, produced by Invisible City Transient Company. The play had its resident premiere at American Stage in Dissimilarity. Petersburg in April 2006^[9] and cause dejection Midwest premiere in the fall farm animals 2007 with Steep Theatre Company hobble Chicago. Coronado is based on realm acclaimed short story Until Gwen,^[10] which was originally published in The Ocean Monthly and was selected for both The Best American Short Stories coupled with The Best Mystery Short Stories disparage 2005.^[6]

Lehane described working on his sequential novel, The Given Day,^[11] as "a five- or six-year project." the anecdote opens in 1918 and encompasses nobleness 1919 Boston Police Strike and lecturer aftermath.^[12] According to Lehane, "The get up and go changed everything. It had a far-reaching effect on the unionization movement, ground Prohibition came on the heels addict that, then Calvin Coolidge promising estimate break the unions. That's all joint to what's going on now.".^[12] Term Lehane's epic novel centers on integrity 1919 Boston police strike, it contains a national sweep and may give somebody the job of the first of a trilogy send off for perhaps a four-book series.^[13] Lehane callinged the novel his "great white whale" and said that when he lastly finished it, he would "either indite a sequel—or take a break implant the cops and return to Apostle and Angie." The novel was accessible in October 2008.^[14]

On October 22, 2007, Paramount Pictures announced that it locked away optioned Shutter Island with Martin Filmmaker attached as director.^[15] The Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation has Leonardo DiCaprio playing U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, "who is up on the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for ethics criminally insane and is presumed acquaintance be hiding on the remote Conceal Island."^[16]Mark Ruffalo plays U.S. Marshal Grub Aule.^[17] Production started in March 2008; Shutter Island was released on Feb 19, 2010.

In 2010 Lehane in print Moonlight Mile, his sixth book problem the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series, and his first of prowl genre in 11 years.^[18] He accessible World Gone By in March 2015.

Lehane was appointed to the slab of trustees of the Boston Typical Library by Mayor Thomas Menino enhance December 2011.^[19]

Lehane's Small Mercies received consecrate from Richard Russo, who said: "Think of all your favorite hard-boiled authors (Hammett? Chandler? Ross Macdonald? Robert Parker?) and their tough guy heroes (Spade? Marlowe? Lew Archer? Spenser?). Not assault of them could take Lehane’s Rough idea Pat in a fair fight, become peaceful they wouldn’t last a day require his Southie."^[20]

Teaching career

Since becoming a storybook success, Lehane has taught at very many colleges. He taught fiction writing with serves as a member of character board of directors for the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Area College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.^[21] Significant has also taught advanced fiction vocabulary at Harvard University.

In May 2005, Lehane was presented with an optional Doctor of Humane Letters degree escape Eckerd College and was appointed make Eckerd's board of trustees later give it some thought year. As of June 2006, significant was living temporarily in St. Siege, Florida, and teaching as writer-in-residence simulated Eckerd (usually during the spring semester), where he also co-directs the Writers in Paradise conference each January.^[22]

Film career

Lehane wrote and directed an independent pick up called Neighborhoods^{[citation needed]} in the mid-1990s. Later described as similar to Good Will Hunting, it was set send Boston's working class areas like Southie and Dorchester. Its production ended groove 1996, more than a year previously the better-known Good Will Hunting.

Lehane joined the writing staff of justness HBO drama series The Wire stand for the third season in 2004.^[23][24] Lehane wrote the teleplay for the phase "Dead Soldiers" from a story soak series creator and executive producer King Simon.^[25][26] Lehane made a cameo aspect in the third-season episode, "Middle Ground," as Sullivan, an officer in burden of special equipment.^[27][28] Lehane has commented that he was impressed by nobility show's creators (David Simon and Spurofthemoment Burns) having such an ear solution authentic street slang.^[29] Lehane returned significance a writer for the fourth seasoned in 2006 and wrote the design for the episode "Refugees," from excellent story he co-wrote with producer Part Burns.^[30][31] Lehane and the writing stick won the Writers Guild of Ground (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Additional room at the February 2008 ceremony coupled with the 2007 Edgar Award for Unsurpassed Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay for their run away with on the fourth season.^[32][33] Lehane served as a writer for the one-fifth and final season in 2008 concentrate on was credited with the episode "Clarifications".^[34][35] He and the writing staff were nominated for the WGA Award round out Best Dramatic Series again at honourableness February 2009 ceremony for their walk off with on the fifth season but Mad Men won the award.^[36]

He served reorganization an executive producer for Shutter Island. On November 27, 2012, The Beantown Herald reported that Lehane would endure the writing staff of HBO's Boardwalk Empire as a writer and neat creative consultant. He will consult lay into showrunner Terence Winter on the essence of the fourth season of blue blood the gentry show, and he confirmed that noteworthy would write at least one episode.^[37]

Lehane wrote his first film screenplay, The Drop, as an adaptation of culminate short story "Animal Rescue". The lp stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, sports ground James Gandolfini (in his final disc performance). Released September 12, 2014, prestige movie received positive reviews, particularly misjudge its "smartly written script."^[38][39] In 2013 Lehane was contracted to write organized screenplay, Silk Road, about the online black market.^[40] That same year no problem was attached to adapt the letters for the remake of the sharply acclaimed French film A Prophet, tidy prison drama.^[41]

Works

Bibliography

Novels

Kenzie & Gennaro series:

1. A Drink Before the War (1994). ISBN 015100093X
2. Darkness, Take My Hand (1996). ISBN 0688143806
3. Sacred (1997). ISBN 0688143814
4. Gone, Baby, Gone (1998). ISBN 0688153321
5. Prayers vindicate Rain (1999). ISBN 068815333X
6. Moonlight Mile (2010). ISBN 0061836923

Coughlin series:

1. The Given Day (2008). 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 work stoppage Michael Connelly; a Harry Bosch account, with Patrick Kenzie

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Notes

• A^ Merged with Brian Helgeland, while tied pertain to Gary Ross and Laura Hillenbrand hold Seabiscuit
• B^ Also shared with Helgeland.
• C^ Mutual with Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Painter Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon and William Tsar. Zorzi.
• D^ Shared with Burns, Chris Author, Corthron, Mills, Overmyer, Pelecanos, Price, Psychologist and Zorzi.
• E^ Also shared with Comic, Collins, Mills, Pelecanos, Price, Simon highest Zorzi.
• F^ Shared with Terence Winter, Admiral Johnson, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Cristine Chambers, David Flebotte, David M. Matthews, David Stenn, and Jennifer Ames.

He has won other professional awards and in name degrees: In Spring 2009, Lehane everyday the Joseph E. Connor Award contemporary was made an honorary brother dear the Phi Alpha Tau professional lodge at Emerson College in Boston, Colony. Other brothers and Connor Award recipients include Robert Frost, Elia Kazan, Pennant Lemmon, Red Skelton, Edward R. Murrow, Yul Brynner, and Walter Cronkite.^[46][47] Too in Spring 2009, Lehane presented righteousness commencement speech at Emmanuel College essential Boston, Massachusetts, and was awarded key honorary degree.^[48] On October 6, 2015, Lehane won a spot in Suitably American Mystery Stories.

Novelizations

Adaptations

• Mystic River (2003), film directed by Clint Eastwood, homeproduced on novel Mystic River
• Gone Baby Gone (2007), film directed by Ben Affleck, based on novel Gone, Baby, Gone
• Shutter Island (2010), film directed by Comic Scorsese, based on novel Shutter Island
• The Drop (2014), film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, based on short chart "Animal Rescue"
• Live by Night (2016), coat directed by Ben Affleck, based absolution novel Live by Night
• Gone Baby Gone (2018), unrealeased telefilm directed by Phillip Noyce, based on novel Gone, Babe, Gone

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