Dennis Lehane grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published nine more novels, including Prayers for Rain, The Given Day, and Live By Night, as well as Coronado, a collection of five stories, and the play, “Coronado,” which has received stage productions in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Genoa, Italy. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. Three of his novels--Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, and Shutter Island--have been adapted into award-winning films. Mr. Lehane and his wife, Angie, divide their time between the West Coast of Florida and Boston.