Gilda O'Neill
Gilda O'Neill (25 May 1951 – 24 September 2010) was a British novelist and historian, particularly of the local history of the East End of London.[1]
Partial list of publications
- My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London (2000) ISBN 0-14-025950-3
- East End Tales (Quick Reads) (2008) ISBN 0-14-103494-7
- Our Street: East End Life in the Second World War (2004) ISBN 0-14-100046-5 (paperback)
Novels
- The Cockney Girl (1992)
- Whitechapel Girl (1993)
- The Bells of Bow (1994)
- Just Around the Corner (1995)
- Cissie Flowers (1996)
- Dream On (1997)
- The Lights of London (1998)
- Playing Around (2000)
- Getting There (2001)
- The Belts and Bow (2001)
- The Sins of Their Fathers (2002)
- Make Us Traitors (2003)
- Of Woman Born (2005) ISBN 0-09-942747-8
Personal life
She died from side-effects triggered by medication prescribed for a minor injury.
Her son Jeremy died in Thailand in 2013. He was 37 and drowned in the sea.[2][3]
Notes
- ↑ Gilda O'Neill obituary in the Guardian
- ↑ Meyler, Piers (2013-06-05). "Mystery surrounds Thai beach death of ex-Brentwood schoolboy". brentwoodgazette.co.uk. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Best-selling author's son drowns at beach in Thailand". aol.co.uk. 2013-06-06. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
External links
- Author's page at Penguin Books
- Author's page at fantasticfiction.co.uk
- Author's page at Random House
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