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Dennis Lehane

1965 - Today

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Dennis Lehane ( lə-HAYN; born August 4, 1965) is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same names: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Lehane is the 3,772nd most popular writer (down from 3,505th in 2019), the 5,444th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,487th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dennis Lehane ranks 3,772 out of 7,302Before him are Aleksandar Tišma, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Gloria Vanderbilt, Spencer Johnson, Peter Rosegger, and Edmond Privat. After him are John Ford, Gideon Levy, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Meir Shalev, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, and Dorothee Sölle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Dennis Lehane ranks 157Before him are Mark Pellegrino, Tomáš Skuhravý, Aaron Kwok, Tommy Flanagan, Bryan Singer, and Linda Perry. After him are Rafael Martín Vázquez, Jane Adams, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Shiho Kaneda, Ernesto Hoost, and Marcelino García Toral.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Lehane ranks 5,444 out of 20,380Before him are John Hay (1838), William Stewart Halsted (1852), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), David A. R. White (1970), and Michael Freedman (1951). After him are John Lurie (1952), Rick James (1948), Richard Kiley (1922), James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), and Howard Keel (1919).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dennis Lehane ranks 432Before him are Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Cotton Mather (1663), Douglas Preston (1956), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and Spencer Johnson (1938). After him are V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Murray Leinster (1896), Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), and Bill Bryson (1951).