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Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has written several novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring a couple of protagonists and other recurring characters, including ''A Drink Before the War''. Of these, his fourth, ''Gone, Baby, Gone'', was adapted as a 2007 film by the same name. Lehane has taken on different topics in other novels. Those adapted as films of the same name included ''Mystic River'' (2001), with a 2003 film by the same name, directed by Clint Eastwood, which won several awards. ''Shutter Island'' was adapted as a 2010 film directed by Martin Scorsese. Lehane is a graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. ==Personal life== Lehane was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He continues to live in the Boston area, where he sets most of his books. He spent summers on Fieldston Beach in Marshfield.〔Kristen Walsh, "Lehane likes to keep it close to home; Dorchester native favors South Shore locales", ''The Patriot Ledger'' (Quincy, MA). June 9, 2007. Pg. ONE21.〕 Lehane is the youngest of five children. His father was a foreman for Sears & Roebuck, and his mother worked in a Boston public school cafeteria;〔(Bio: Dennis Lehane ). ''Mystery Authors Online''. 2004. Accessed July 13, 2007.〕 both of his parents immigrated from Ireland.〔(Introduction of Dennis Lehane by Dr. Donald R. Eastman, III ). Eckerd College Commencement 2005. Accessed July 13, 2007.〕 His brother, Gerry Lehane, who is two and a half years older than Dennis, trained at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence and became an actor in New York in 1990. Gerry is a member of the Invisible City Theatre Company.〔Bella English, "In a Related Story: The Brothers Lehane have a strong bond, and a new shared stage," ''The Boston Globe''. November 29, 2005. Pg. C1.〕 Lehane married Sheila Lawn, formerly an advocate for the elderly for the city of Boston but by 2007 working with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney. They divorced.〔("Dennis Lehane Interview" ) by Linda Richards. ''January Magazine''. March 2001. Accessed July 13, 2007.〕 Lehane married to Dr. Angela Bernardo,〔Colette Bancroft, "From Passing Thought to 'Fiery Epic'", ''St. Petersburg Times (Florida)'', Festival of Reading; Pg. 5. October 23, 2008.〕 with whom he has one daughter.〔(Gina Piccalo, "The Obsession in Shutter Island" ), ''The Daily Beast,'' February 2010. Accessed September 18, 2010.〕〔(Billy Baker, "Affleck's New Film is the Talk of the Townies" ), ''The Boston Globe,'' September 2010. Accessed September 18, 2010.〕 He lost his beagle, Tessa, in the fall of 2012 and is continuing the search for her. He is a graduate of Boston College High School (a Jesuit prep school),〔 Eckerd College (where he found his passion for writing), and the graduate program in creative writing at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He occasionally makes guest appearances as himself in the ABC comedy/drama TV series ''Castle''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Lehane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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