Stacie

Stacie asked Dennis Lehane:

I have loved your books for years! Any plans to add to the story of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro? Thank you.

Dennis Lehane I don’t know. I’m truly flattered by the love readers seem to have for those characters. And I love them, believe me. But I have a rule that I will never write about them unless I’m truly inspired. I won’t plug them into a plot just so I can write a quick book. If they come knocking on my door again, most definitely I would dive right in. But if they don’t, I’ll let them live in peace.

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Grant Cousineau asked Dennis Lehane:

You write such wonderfully rich, deep characters and put them in situations where they must unravel a mystery that often challenges them to their limits. When writing, does the character usually come to you first, or do you usually concoct the plot first and then decide which type of character would be most interesting to that plot?

Mike

Mike asked Dennis Lehane:

No doubt you have more book ideas than you will ever have time to write. But not all ideas transform into coherent concepts. Do you have a process for determining which ideas will actually sustain a novel?

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