Dennis Lehane
Author of Shutter Island
About the Author
Dennis Lehane was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on August 4, 1965. He graduated from Eckerd College and the graduate program in creative writing at Florida International University. He has written several mystery novels including Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; and Shutter Island. A Drink show more Before the War won the 1995 Shamus Award for Best First Novel by the Private Eye Writers of America. Mystic River won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystère de la Critique. Three of his novels, Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island were made into feature films. He also wrote, produced, and directed the film, Neighborhoods. His lbook, Moonlight Mile, concerns the mystery of finding a missing 16-year-old girl in Boston. Lehane's book, World Gone By, made several 2015 Bestseller lists including The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, and USA Today. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: SpacemanSpiff, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, March 2, 2006.
Series
Works by Dennis Lehane
A Drink Before the War / Darkness, Take My Hand / Sacred / Gone, Baby, Gone / Prayers for Rain / Mystic River (2003) 6 copies
[unidentified works] 4 copies
The Wire 1 copy
September (Three Months, #1) 1 copy
The Russian House 1 copy
Associated Works
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010) — Contributor — 85 copies
In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero (2012) — Contributor — 75 copies, 6 reviews
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Contributor — 31 copies, 1 review
Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen (2014) — Contributor — 17 copies
Reader's Digest: Kirjavaliot - Veitsi kurkulla, Silvia Ruotsin Kuningatar, Suljettu saari, Illat meren rannalla (2005) 2 copies
Cuentos inéditos — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lehane, Dennis
- Birthdate
- 1965-08-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Santa Monica, California, USA - Education
- Eckerd College (BA | 1988)
Florida International University (MFA | 2001) - Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter - Relationships
- Lehane, Chisa (wife)
- Awards and honors
- Shamus Award (1995)
Edgar Award (2007, 2013)
Joseph E. Connor Award (2009)
Lawrence A. Sanders Award for Fiction (2018) - Agent
- Ann Rittenberg (Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency)
Members
Reviews
This book was a complete surprise. I had no clue how it was going to end. I loved the writing and I'm going to look for more books by Dennis Lehane. This is truly a mind-blowing psychological thriller!!!!!
This was not so much a mystery as a gangster novel. I liked the character development. The story kept my attention with some twists and turns.
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 24
- Members
- 37,784
- Popularity
- #479
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 1,386
- ISBNs
- 909
- Languages
- 25
- Favorited
- 185
The novel is set of the Massachusette's coast in an army facility turned hopital for the criminally insane. This book is full of twists and turns and really packs a punch. I loved the fact theat the author at the very begining of the story plunges the reader right in and you really get caught up in the drama of shutter Island right from the onset.
I dont want to give too much away about this truly absorbing book but I did loose myself in the characters and the happenings on the Shutter Island. Its a novel thats is well paced and thought out and certainly well worth a read.… (more)