Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is a Boston-area author and well known writer of thriller novels, several of which have been adapted into film. He's also written for ''Series/TheWire'', and in fact he was the one to write Omar Little's death scene, specifically because no one else wanted to do it.

[[folder:His works include]]
* The Kenzie and Gennaro series
** ''A Drink Before the War'' (1994)
** ''Darkness, Take My Hand'' (1996)
** ''Sacred'' (1997)
** ''Gone Baby Gone'' (1998) adapted into a film directed by Creator/BenAffleck in 2007.
** ''Prayers for Rain'' (1999)
** ''Moonlight Mile'' (2010)
* The Coughlin Trilogy
** ''The Given Day'' (2008)
** ''Live By Night'' (2012) adapted into [[Film/LiveByNight a film]] with Creator/BenAffleck released in January of 2017.
** ''World Gone By'' (2015)
* Other books
** ''Mystic River'' (2001) adapted into a film directed by Creator/ClintEastwood in 2003.
** ''Shutter Island'' (2003) adapted into a film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese in 2010.
** ''Coronado: Stories'' (2006)
** ''The Drop'' (2014) screenwriter, based on his short story "Animal Rescue" and made into a film with Creator/TomHardy.
** ''Since We Fell'' (2017)
* Television
** ''Series/TheWire''. Writer of three episodes and a CreatorCameo.
** ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', where he appears AsHimself several times.
** ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as a creative consultant starting in season 4.
*** ''Series/{{Blackbird}}'' as the show runner and developer
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!!Works by Dennis Lehane with their own pages:

[[index]]
* The ''Literature/KenzieAndGennaroSeries''
** ''Literature/GoneBabyGone''
* Coughlin Trilogy
** ''Literature/TheGivenDay''
** ''Literature/LiveByNight''
** ''Literature/WorldGoneBy''
* ''Literature/MysticRiver''
* ''Literature/ShutterIsland''
* ''Series/{{Blackbird}}''
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!!Other works by Dennis Lehane contain examples of:

* ConfrontingYourImposter: In the short story "Animal Rescue", a small-time thug had a scary reputation based on the rumor that he'd killed a fellow named Richie Whelan a few years back. The police never pinned it on him, but he used this to intimidate people ... until he tried to push around [[spoiler:the main character]], one of the guys who ''really'' murdered Richie Whelan. Oops.
* CorporateSamurai: The hitman Kinneavy in the short story "The Consumers", who has enough of a code that, when he's hired by a trophy wife to kill her abusive CorruptCorporateExecutive husband, [[spoiler:kills his client afterwards as well simply because her willingness to enjoy the financial benefits of his business practices disgusts him]].
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: He's been mistakenly referred to as the author of several different Boston-based stories, including ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown,'' by both the media and people who actually live in Boston. He's mentioned that sometimes he corrects them, [[SureLetsGoWithThat other times he doesn't.]]
* CreatorProvincialism: A great many of his novels are set in his hometown of Boston.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Heavy'' on the cynical side, but not completely dark.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Several characters are based on real people.
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