Dennis Lehane
Novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1965 · age 61
Dennis Lehane 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).
Dennis Lehane is read about 732 times a day, in 34 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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Ben Affleck Directed Gone Baby Gone and Live by Night
Clint Eastwood Directed Mystic River (2003)
Martin Scorsese Directed Shutter Island (2010)
Titus Welliver Dennis wrote Live by Night (2017)
Phillip Noyce Directed Gone Baby Gone (2018)
Stefano Sollima Directed Colt
Michaël R. Roskam Directed The Drop (2014)
Robert Wahlberg Also in Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone
Alan Ladd Jr. Produced Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Sean Bailey Produced Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Bruce Berman Produced Mystic River (2003)
Raffaella Leone Produced Colt
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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.
