- Born
- Birth nameDennis Joseph Lehane
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Dennis Lehane was born on August 4, 1965 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Drop (2014), Mystic River (2003) and Live by Night (2016). He was previously married to Dr. Angela Mililani (Lieb) Bernardo and Sheila Fort Lawn.
- SpousesDr. Angela Mililani (Lieb) Bernardo(February 23, 2008 - 2016) (divorced, 2 children)Sheila Fort Lawn(May 15, 1999 - 2007) (divorced)
- Novels are almost always set in or around Boston,Massachusetts
- Novels featuring his characters Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro
- Teaches advanced fiction writing at Harvard
- Wrote his book "Gone Baby Gone" after dealing with abused children in Boston and seeing how the city was unable to help them.
- Instead of attending the Cannes film festival opening day in 2003, he spoke at his alma mater for that years graduating class.
- He graduated from Boston College High School.
- His last day job was as a chauffeur at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston.
- I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic -- hyper- realistic -- stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn't meld the two. And my view of life is that it's both. - August 1999
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