Dennis Lehane was born on August 4,1965 and is an American author.
26 Facts About Dennis Lehane
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Dennis Lehane has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War.
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Dennis Lehane lived in the Boston area most of his life, where he sets most of his books, but now lives in southern California.
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Dennis Lehane is a graduate of Eckerd College in St Petersburg, Florida.
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Dennis Lehane is a graduate of Boston College High School, Eckerd College, and the graduate program in creative writing at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
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Dennis Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film.
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In 2010 Dennis Lehane published Moonlight Mile, his sixth book in the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series, and his first of that genre in 11 years.
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Dennis Lehane was appointed to the board of trustees of the Boston Public Library by Mayor Thomas Menino in December 2011.
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Since becoming a literary success, Dennis Lehane has taught at several colleges.
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Dennis Lehane taught fiction writing and serves as a member of the board of directors for the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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Dennis Lehane has taught advanced fiction writing at Harvard University, where his classes quickly filled up.
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In May 2005, Dennis 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.
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Dennis Lehane wrote and directed an independent film called Neighborhoods in the mid-1990s.
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Dennis Lehane joined the writing staff of the HBO drama series The Wire for the third season in 2004.
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Dennis Lehane wrote the teleplay for the episode "Dead Soldiers" from a story by series creator and executive producer David Simon.
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Dennis Lehane made a cameo appearance in the third-season episode, "Middle Ground," as Sullivan, an officer in charge of special equipment.
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Dennis Lehane has commented that he was impressed by the show's creators having such an ear for authentic street slang.
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Dennis Lehane returned as a writer for the fourth season in 2006 and wrote the teleplay for the episode "Refugees," from a story he co-wrote with producer Ed Burns.
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Dennis Lehane served as a writer for the fifth and final season in 2008 and was credited with the episode "Clarifications".
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Dennis Lehane served as an executive producer for Shutter Island.
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On November 27,2012, The Boston Herald reported that Dennis Lehane would be joining the writing staff of HBO's Boardwalk Empire as a writer and a creative consultant.
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Dennis Lehane 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.
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Dennis Lehane wrote his first film screenplay, The Drop, as an adaptation of his short story "Animal Rescue".
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Dennis Lehane 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 Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Also in Spring 2009, Dennis Lehane presented the commencement speech at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts, and was awarded an honorary degree.
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On October 6,2015, Dennis Lehane won a spot in Best American Mystery Stories.