Dennis Foley(III)

A life-long Chicagoan, Dennis Foley is the author of two award-winning screenplays and three books. Not a Stranger was filmed on Chicago's Southside in 2015. It received a 3-star review from film critic Richard Roeper-who called it "the epitome of an independent film," upon its screening in 2016. The film went on to win or be nominated for several awards on the film festival circuit including Top Screenplay (Golden Door Film Festival) and Top Debut Film (Route 66 Film Festival). Dennis' first book, The Streets and San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats, won a MIPA's award (1st place for humor). In his second book, The Drunkard's Son, a memoir and Chicago media favorite, Dennis intertwines stories about his drunken father's adventures, alongside stories about the strange solitude he enjoys during his 10-day stay in a hospital's ICU following a near-fatal knife fight, where he befriends an old man dying of cancer. Released in September 2018, The Blue Circus - a Chicago story, is Dennis' first novel.

Dennis holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College-Chicago, a J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and a BA from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.