Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston's inner-city.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a counsellor with mentally handicapped and abused children, waited tables, parked cars, drove limos, worked in bookstores, and loaded tractor-trailers. His one regret is that no one ever gave him a chance to tend bar.
He has an MFA from Florida International University, and is the writer-in-residence at Eckerd College in St Petersburg, Florida, where he runs the Writers in Paradise Writers' Conference.
He and his wife divide their time between St. Petersburg and Boston.
For more information on Dennis Lehane and his novels, visit his website: www.dennislehanebooks.com.
News and Blog
A few months ago, I received a piece of fan mail from another author, which is always a thrill. She wrote to tell me that on finishing her own novel, she read mine, and that the reading of my novel helped her to recharge her writer batteries. I was deeply moved by this because I knew exactly what she meant. As a working, published writer, I write almost every day. Part of me needs to do this;...
HIS ILLEGAL SELF by Peter Carey and WANTING by Richard Flanagan and TROUT OPERA by Matthew Condon have been included in the Dublin IMPAC Award Longlist. Other longlisted books include: INDIGNATION by Phillip Roth and A MERCY by Toni Morrison and BEIJING COMA by Ma Jian, Kate Atkinson When Will There Be Good News?, Sadie Jones The Outcast, Dennis Lehane The Given Day, Salman Rushdie The Enchantress...
Books by Dennis Lehane
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The Given Day
by Dennis LehaneThe NYT bestselling crime writer brings us a masterful American literary epic.
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Shutter Island
by Dennis LehaneTeddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island for the truth. Pray for him.
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Gone, Baby, Gone
by Dennis LehaneAmanda McCready is missing... The critically acclaimed prequel to Lehane's new novel MOONLIGHT MILE.
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Coronado
by Dennis LehaneThe internationally bestselling author of MYSTIC RIVER returns with a riveting new work.
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A Drink Before The War
by Dennis LehaneThe first in Lehane’s electrifying crime series featuring the duo Kenzie and Gennaro.
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Darkness, Take My Hand
by Dennis LehaneAn electrifying thriller that is at once gut-wrenchingly violent and achingly melancholy.
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Mystic River
by Dennis LehaneThe film tie-in edition of the electrifying NEW YORK TIMES bestseller.
