Henry P. Gravelle

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          Henry is the creator of the Buddy Sands Cases where the adventures of medically retired Boston Police detective, Kevin “Buddy” Sands bring him into the world of criminals and creatures.     

 His novellas The Fort Providence Watch and The Banshee have both received Certificates of Merit from Writers Digest Magazine. The Igloo Boys has been optioned for film rights. Also The Bamboo Heart and two story collections, Ollie-Ollie Oxen Free and Epitaph. His short stories have appeared in numerous Ezines and print magazines.

 As a Playwright, The Last of the Meagans was presented at the Sundance Film Festival sponsored First stage Playwrights Express festival in Hollywood. Double Walker, a play adapted from a short story of the same name, received an Honorable Mention and reading at the Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, California, and Chum was shown with a reading at the Camino Real Playhouse in 2008. 

 Henry attended Northeastern University and resides in the Boston area.

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Gunner's Rift

The story of two brothers, one a ruthless hitman the other a cop, who put aside their differences to solve a woman's murder and stop a drug turf war.

 Gunner's Rift has been optioned by

Dream Xtreme Productions New York

Rick Borgia, Producer

 Pug 

    The story of compassion, friendship and heart through the eyes of a young immigrant boy surviving lifes obstacles on the road to manhood.       

 

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The Igloo Boys

Film rights have been optioned by Star July Productions - Tony A. Angelo, Producer 

"Think Sopranos in a small New England town..."
 David Raymond Wagner, Actor

(Sopranos, Law and Order) 

When a few friends rob their employer they learn the money belonged to the mob...
and no one knows where the money went.

   

     The Bamboo Heart

Review by Publishers Weekly

       The harrowing details of a young American soldier's experiences as a POW in the Philippines during WWII is at the heart of this novel. Steven McGee grew up poor outside of Boston, and his lifeline was friendships with a Japanese boy, Brow, and their mutual crush, Flo. When Brow's parents decide to move to Japan because of growing racism in America, the three make a vow of friendship, and soon after Flo joins the Red Cross, leaving Steven alone, until he joins the navy and trains to be a pilot. Tragedy strikes when Steven's plane drops into the ocean and, along with a compatriot, he is captured by the Japanese. What follows is a graphic account of the miserable, desperate daily life of the POWs. Much of the story is told via flashbacks as an elderly McGee, resting in a clinic for war veterans in Cambridge, Mass., relates his story to nurse Mary (who we learn at the beginning of the novel has more than a professional interest in McGee). This story-within-a-story has promise.