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Dennis M. Banahan

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in Chicago, The United States

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Dennis Banahan

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Fiction, Mystery, Suspense

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Joseph Wambaugh, Elmore Leonard, John Grisham, James Patterson

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Dennis Banahan is a retired Chicago Police Lieutenant (1969-1999), and after a colorful thirty-year career, retired as one of the Department's most highly decorated police officers. He was a homicide detective from 1973-1981, and then transferred into the Narcotics Section, where he was detailed to the United States Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Agency's Task Force. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1991 and headed both the Tactical and Gang Units at the time of his retirement. Upon his retirement, he wrote his first novel, "Threshold of Pain". ...more

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Have you ever experienced bad dreams as a result of being reminded of a certain case or criminal..after you've been writing?

Dennis M. Banahan Great question. Lynn. Yes, I use to have a recurring dream all the time. I guess it would be better classified as a nightmare. I am sitting in the pas…moreGreat question. Lynn. Yes, I use to have a recurring dream all the time. I guess it would be better classified as a nightmare. I am sitting in the passenger seat of a squad car on a darkened street, checking out the license plates of passing motorists to see if they're on the "hot" sheet (stolen vehicles). Suddenly, out of my peripheral vision, I see a man quickly approaching me from the rear, and he startles me. He bends over at warp speed, like in the cartoons, and he politely asks if I know what time it is. I let go an audible sigh of relief, and then look at my watch. When I turn to tell him what time it is, he has a sawed-off shotgun in my face. He pulls the trigger and I can feel chunks of my face being blown off, and the noise from the gun deafens me. Then I wake up. I believe the dream was predicated on the murder of Chicago Police Officer Kenny Kaner, who was sitting in his squad car making out a routine report, when someone walked up to his car and shot him in the face for no apparent reason. Unlike my dream, Officer Kaner was never able to wake up.
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I've come to know that cops don't like to talk about their jobs as police officers. Did you experience any kind of personal difficulty when writing crime novels?

Dennis M. Banahan Hi Lynn, thanks for your question, and it's a good one. Yes, I experienced some difficulty writing crime novels. Someone described police work as thir…moreHi Lynn, thanks for your question, and it's a good one. Yes, I experienced some difficulty writing crime novels. Someone described police work as thirty years of boredom, and fifteen minutes of sheer terror. I found almost the opposite to be true. There's a thin line in my books between fact and fiction. There has to be enough action and realism to be of interest to the general public, but I can't cross too far over the line because I'd lose my police readers. My police characters aren't superheroes; they have flaws just like everybody else. So, I find myself sometimes walking the tightrope to make the book entertaining to everyone. (less)

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