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Heather O'Neill

CBC Books | | Posted: June 25, 2018 4:16 PM | Last Updated: March 6, 2019

Image | Heather O'Neill

Caption: Heather O'Neill is a Canadian author. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Heather O'Neill's debut novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award and won Canada Reads(external link) 2007. The Montreal-based writer was the first back-to-back finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize: her novel The Girl Who Was Saturday Night was a finalist in 2014 and her short story collection Daydreams of Angels was a finalist in 2015. Her latest books are the novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel and the nonfiction book Wisdom in Nonsense.

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Interviews with Heather O'Neill

Media Audio | Out In The Open : Author Heather O'Neill on the sting of 'white trash'

Caption: The award-winning Canadian author reflects on the label of ‘white trash.’

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Media Audio | Q : Heather O'Neill on how society still limits women's identities

Caption: Celebrated Montreal writer Heather O'Neill on how gendered expectations limit the lives of young women, and why she thinks it's time to lift the protective gauze off girlhood.

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