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Author Talk with a New York Times Bestselling Author (Mountain View)

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Registration Required: https://mountainview.libcal.com/event/10539192

Mountain View Public Library | 585 Franklin St, Mountain View, CA

Event Details

You’re invited to an exclusive conversation with New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane. He will discuss his latest novel, Small Mercies, and answer questions about his writing process, his illustrious career as a novelist, his work in film and TV and much more. Following the discussion, a brief question and answer session will be held with attendees.

Please note that this event will not be recorded. You must attend live to watch this virtual conversation.

Dennis Lehane grew up in Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he has published thirteen more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by Night; World Gone By; Since We Fell, and Small Mercies.

Four of his novels – Live by Night, Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island – have been adapted into films. A fifth, The Drop, was adapted by Lehane himself into a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini in his final role.  Lehane was a staff writer on the acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, and also worked as a writer-producer on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and the Netflix series, Bloodline. He was a writer-producer on the television adaptations of three Stephen King novels—Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch for DirecTV and The Outsider for HBO. He wrote and produced the acclaimed limited series Black Bird for Apple TV+ and is currently developing his next series for Apple. Lehane and his family live in California.

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Cost: FREE*
*Registration Required: https://mountainview.libcal.com/event/10539192
Categories: Literature, Online
Address: 585 Franklin St, Mountain View, CA