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Dennis Lehane

デニス・ルヘイン

Dennis Lehane

Aliases: デニス・レヘイン

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965-08-04 （Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA → St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (attended Eckerd College)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter
Active Years
1994-

Education

Eckerd College
Country: United States
Studied creative writing (per available sources)

Awards

Shamus Award (Best First PI Novel)
1994
Work: A Drink Before the War
Category: 最優秀新人賞
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America (Shamus Awards)
Result: 受賞
Anthony Award (Best Novel)
2001
Work: Mystic River
Category: 最優秀長編賞
Organization: Bouchercon (Anthony Awards)
Result: 受賞
Edgar Award (MWA Award for Best Novel)
2012
Work: Live By Night
Category: 最優秀長編賞
Organization: Mystery Writers of America (Edgar Awards)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Prix Mystère de la Critique 2 appearances
  1. Edition 32 (2003) award
  2. Edition 53 (2024) award
    Work: Le Silence

    Le Silence is Dennis Lehane's crime novel set in South Boston in 1974, where Mary Pat Fennessy searches for her missing daughter. Amid tensions over school desegregation, communal silence and violence obstruct her search.

    A crime novel in which a mother searching for her daughter confronts silence and violence in 1974 South Boston.

    444 pages
    crime fictionmother and daughterschool desegregationcommunitysilence

Works

Major Works

A Drink Before the War

1994 Hardboiled / Crime fiction

First in the Patrick & Angie series; a hardboiled crime novel exploring crime and human relationships.

crimemoralityurban darkness

Darkness, Take My Hand

1996 Hardboiled / Crime fiction

A follow-up in the Patrick & Angie series; details a complex case and the protagonists' conflicts.

justicefriendshiptrauma

Sacred

1997 Crime fiction

A Patrick & Angie entry focusing on moral dilemmas and the fallout of crime.

redemptionsin and punishment

Gone, Baby, Gone

1998 Crime / Mystery

A Boston-set novel about a kidnapping case, investigations, and moral choices. Adapted into a film in 2007.

familyjusticeethical dilemmas
Adaptations
  • [Film] Gone Baby Gone / Ben Affleck (2007)

Prayers for Rain

1999 Crime fiction

Another Patrick & Angie novel exploring complex crimes and human dynamics.

betrayalrevenge

Moonlight Mile

2010 Crime fiction

A late entry in the Patrick & Angie series; deals with the repercussions of past cases.

reckoning with the pasttime and change

Mystic River

2001 Crime / Mystery

A weighty crime novel about childhood trauma precipitating adult tragedy. Adapted into a film in 2003.

traumarevengebreakdown of friendships
Adaptations
  • [Film] Mystic River / Clint Eastwood (2003)

Shutter Island

2003 Psychological suspense / Mystery

A psychological suspense set on an island mental hospital, blurring truth and delusion. Adapted into a major film.

memoryreality vs. illusionidentity
Adaptations
  • [Film] Shutter Island / Martin Scorsese (2010)

Coronado: Stories

2006 Short story collection

A collection of short stories portraying varied characters and settings.

human dramamoral choices

The Given Day

2008 Historical fiction

A historical novel set in early 20th-century America, depicting social background and personal fate.

social justiceclass struggle

Live By Night

2012 Historical crime novel

Set in Prohibition-era America, it explores gangs and the criminal world. Adapted into a film.

organized crimeloyalty and betrayal
Adaptations
  • [Film] Live By Night / Ben Affleck (2016)

The Drop

2014 Crime fiction

A novelization derived from a short story; carefully examines crime and human relationships.

violenceredemption

World Gone By

2015 Historical crime novel

Part of the Coughlin series; portrays characters' fates amid turbulent times.

declineloyalty

Since We Fell

2018 Psychological suspense

A psychologically driven novel about love, madness, and the search for truth.

lovemadnesstruth

Bibliography

  • A Drink Before the War (1994)
  • Darkness, Take My Hand (1996)
  • Sacred (1997)
  • Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
  • Prayers for Rain (1999)
  • Mystic River (2001)
  • Shutter Island (2003)
  • Coronado: Stories (2006)
  • The Given Day (2008)
  • Moonlight Mile (2010)
  • Live By Night (2012)
  • The Drop (2014)
  • World Gone By (2015)
  • Since We Fell (2018)

Adaptations

  • Gone Baby Gone (film, 2007, dir. Ben Affleck)
  • Mystic River (film, 2003, dir. Clint Eastwood)
  • Shutter Island (film, 2010, dir. Martin Scorsese)
  • Live By Night (film adaptation, dir. Ben Affleck, 2016 release)

Translations of Works

  • Gone, Baby, Gone (Japanese translation)
  • Shutter Island (Japanese translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hardboiled, taut proseCharacter-driven narrative
Recurring Motifs
urban darknesspast traumamoral dilemmas

Legacy

Dennis Lehane is a prominent contemporary American crime novelist whose works have been frequently adapted for film and television. He is noted for character psychology and moral conflict in his writing.

Trivia

  • Several of Lehane's works have been adapted for film and television (e.g., Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Live By Night).
  • He has written short stories and screenplays and has worked on television and film scripts.