theOscarSite Bio: Born in Boston, MA, spent the first seven years of his life in Roslindale. His parents divorced, and he then lived all over the North Shore with his mother and sister but visited his father's house regularly, which had an extensive library from which Monahan enjoyed reading Shakespeare particularly. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as a journalist, essayist and critic, contributing to Talk, Maxim, and The New York Press. He was also a writer and editor at the now-defunct Spy magazine, where he would come in at the close of the magazine and act as the rewrite man and the joke puncher. In 1997 he became better-known after winning a Pushcart Prize for short fiction. In 2000 he garnered critical acclaim for his first novel Light House: A Trifle.

Monahan's screenwriting credits include KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005), THE DEPARTED (2006), BODY OF LIES (2008), and JURASSIC PARK IV, WARTIME LIES (also producer), TRIPOLI (also producer) and BLOOD MERIDIAN (all scheduled or announced for release in 2009).

In 2006 Monahan started a production company on the Warner Bros. lot called Henceforth and inked a first-look producing deal with the studio. Henceforth's first project will be to produce John Pearson's true-crime novel The Gamblers, to which the WB has acquired the rights.

Monahan currently resides at his home on the North Shore in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and two children.

· Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2006: THE DEPARTED