Interview with Dennis Lehane, Novelist and Bostonian

Interview by Francis McGovern; Introduction by Amanda Festa
At Literary Traveler, we’re fascinated by the places that inspire writers, which is one of the reasons our Boston-based team was so thrilled to speak with best-selling novelist Dennis Lehane. His novels Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, The Given Day, and most recently Live by Night, have helped to demystify Boston by creating vivid depictions of urban living. No matter what the setting of his novels, Lehane’s characters are complex and bear the weight of Place and History. But we admit: it’s his uncanny ability to keep readers (and movie...