Explore the literary world of Dennis Foley

He's here to save the universe.

A few of my favorite books and writers . . .The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien . . . Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons . . . Mystic River - Dennis Lehane

Last Exit to Brooklyn - Hubert Selby . . . The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros . . . To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Living My Life - Emma Goldman . . . Million Dollar Baby, a screenplay - Paul Haggis . . . Reading in the Dark, Seamus Deane

Good Will Hunting, a screenplay - Matt Damon and Ben Affleck . . . Boss, Mike Royko

My Works

Screenplays - Movies
Writing Projects

  • Nominated for Best Screenplay - Golden Door Film Festival

  • Winner: Best Debut Film - Route 66 Film Festival

Midwest Independent Publishers Association

First Place - Humor Book Award

Over 3,000 copies sold

"THE BLUE CIRCUS ... is part family saga and part mystery and wholly satisfying." --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune

"The definitive book on Chicago's best Hot Dogs." --Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times

"The life of Dennis Foley has been, so far, a wild ride." --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune

  • Currently working on a screenplay for a legal thriller called, Faces on the Wall.

  • Just completed a novel called, Saving Emma . . . Saving Me, based on the life of Emma Goldman. Currently looking for an agent.

Pitch for Saving Emma ... Saving Me

While helping set up the town square for an emergency meeting, modern-day political activist Ryan Lewis suffers a severe injury that transports him to the year 1912, where he lands on the same train bound for San Diego as his great, great, great aunt, Emma Goldman, the revolutionary activist who was once hailed as, “The Most Dangerous Woman in America,” by former FBI head honcho, J. Edgar Hoover.

Ryan knows Emma’s history and that of her frontman and lover, Ben Reitman, who accompanies Emma on the train. Ryan is well aware of the ugly events that await Emma and Reitman in San Diego and thereafter. Can he assist Emma in her quest to help bring fundamental rights to the working class? Will he help Reitman in his efforts to sway Emma towards marriage? Can he and Emma win a battle of wits with J. Edgar Hoover to save Emma and her closest friend, Alexander Berkman, from being deported?

Contact Dennis M. Foley

dennisfoley55@yahoo.com