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Local Author Dennis Lehane Visits Brookline

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Earlier this month, successful Dorchester-born author Dennis Lehane visited Brookline to give a talk at the local high school for a an evening event sponsored by the Brookline Public Library. The affable Sox fan, who chastised the group for attending the event rather than stay at home to watch the game, discussed his writing process, experiences growing up in Boston, what first inspired him to become a writer, and his future plans.

“I became a writer for the chicks… for the women. Women have a fatal weakness. Women like men who are sensitive,” Lehane told a crowd of about 80 people who gathered to hear him speak and later get copies of his books signed.

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“In all seriousness–I have about 20 reasons why I became a writer, and the first 10 are all the same…because of libraries,” Lehane later said to the group.

Most well-known for penning such works as Mystic RiverGone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island, Lehane has lately been finding himself in demand as a screenwriter. He co-wrote episodes in seasons three, four, and five of “The Wire,” and worked most recently on “Boardwalk Empire” as an executive producer, both for HBO.

 

In movie news, his 2012 historical novel Live by Night was all set to be adapted by fellow Boston-raised Ben Affleck, but has been put on the back-burner now that Ben has been tapped to be the next Batman.

And, in news that just broke this week, Lehane apparently will be Americanizing the French crime thriller “A Prophet” for producers Neil H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe, while also working on stuff for Fox and Leonardo DiCaprio. Not bad for a guy who admitted he often gets credited with a lot of stuff he didn’t actually have a hand in.

“I get so much fan mail for The Departed, you have no idea,” Lehane told the amused audience. “I also get thanked a lot for Mystic Pizza.”


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