Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston’s inner-city. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he’s published six more novels with William Morrow & Co. that have become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone Baby Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; and Shutter Island.He also published Coronado, a collection of five stories and a play. His next novel, The Given Day, will be published in the fall of 2008. His work has been translated into 28 languages. The film adaptations of Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone have garnered numerous awards. In March, director Martin Scorsese commenced principal photography of the adaptation of Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, and Mark Ruffalo. Dennis has an MFA from Florida International University and is the writer-in-residence at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he runs the Writers in Paradise writers’ conference. He divides his time between St. Petersburg and Boston.

THE GIVEN DAY: A Novel (William Morrow)
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CORONADO: Stories (William Morrow, 2006)
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SHUTTER ISLAND: A Novel (William Morrow, 2003; Avon paperback, 2004).  
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MYSTIC RIVER: A Novel (William Morrow, 2001; Avon paperback, 2002).
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PRAYERS FOR RAIN: A Novel (William Morrow, 1999; Avon paperback, 2000).
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GONE BABY GONE: A Novel (William Morrow, 1998; Avon paperback, 1999).
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SACRED: A Novel (William Morrow, 1997; Avon paperback,1998).
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DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND: A Novel (William Morrow, 1996; Avon paperback, 1997).
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A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR: A Novel (Harcourt Brace, 1994; Avon paperback, 1996).
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