Author Dennis Lehane will get his own imprint at HarperCollins. He will oversee an eponymous line of books for William Morrow, which will issue a select number of literary fiction titles yearly with "a dark urban edge."
"I'm one of those people who buys 10 copies of a book I like and sends it to people I think would enjoy it," said Lehane. "My goal is to call attention to worthy writers, who for some unknown reason aren't as popular as they deserve to be. That’s a reason to get out of bed every morning. My background--where I grew up in Boston, the kinds of novels I like to read and write, my time spent as a writer on The Wire--will influence the kinds of books I acquire. But I just want to publish good work--an enthralling story gracefully told."
