Bestselling Author Dennis Lehane Becomes A Screenwriter

Bestselling Author Dennis Lehane Becomes A Screenwriter

By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 12:14 am EST

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Published in Akashic Books anthology Boston Noir, which Lehane also edited, the story starts off with a great first sentence:

Bob found the dog in the trash.

Lehane has been sought to adapt his previous books for the screen, but this is the first adaptation that he was interested in penning himself. Lehane wrote a few episodes of HBO’s acclaimed television series The Wire.

source: Variety