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Gilda O'Neill

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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

  1. ^ Gilda O'Neill obituary in the Guardian
  2. ^ Meyler, Piers (2013-06-05). "Mystery surrounds Thai beach death of ex-Brentwood schoolboy". brentwoodgazette.co.uk. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Best-selling author's son drowns at beach in Thailand". aol.co.uk. 2013-06-06. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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