In the latest #BeyondthePage podcast, recorded live at #SVWC2024, we sat down with bestselling crime novelist and TV writer/producer Dennis Lehane. In a lively, wide-ranging conversation, we talk about how he approaches writing books vs. television scripts, his advice for writing true crime stories, as well as his journey developing his two latest AppleTV limited series, Black Bird and the upcoming Firebug, both starring Taron Egerton. Lehane is that rare novelist who has found acclaim and a large audience both in fiction and on the screen. A handful of his novels have been made into excellent films – Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, and Shutter Island, to name a few – and in recent years he has become a much in-demand television creator and showrunner, a role that first began for him two decades ago, when he joined the now-famous Season 4 writers room on David Simon’s iconic show The Wire.⁠
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With a brand new book that just hit shelves yesterday, #SVWC2025 presenter Colum McCann is lighting up the internet. Originally from Ireland, this National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin has written many other international bestsellers and his work has been published in over 40 languages. As Kirkus Review writes, "As usual, his writing astounds; McCann hasn’t lost the shining prose that marked his earlier novels like Let the Great World Spin (2009). What a beautiful, sparkling book this is." And from Kevin Barry: "McCann may follow Coppola upriver and Conrad to the heart of darkness, but the concerns of his novel are contemporary and urgent and utterly compelling." He is also the co-founder of a global non-profit which uses storytelling to help young people transform their communities. Learn more at the link in bio.⁠
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