Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.[1]
Lori Lansens | |
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Born | July 25, 1962 Chatham, Ontario |
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1990s-present |
Notable works | South of Wawa, Rush Home Road, The Girls |
Lansens, a successful screenwriter, has credits including the films South of Wawa, Wolf Girl and Marine Life, prior to publishing her first novel Rush Home Road in 2002.[1] It was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[2]
Lansens' follow-up novel, The Girls, was published in 2005.[3] The Girls received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association.[4] and was longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2007.[5]
She followed up with The Wife's Tale in 2009,[6] and The Mountain Story in 2015.[7] In fall 2019 Lansens published This Little Light, concerning the bombing of a Calabasas Christian school, after which a rebellious young girl is accused of the crime. The novel deals with themes of sex and religion, both common themes for this author.[8]
Originally from Chatham, Ontario,[9] Lansens currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television director and producer Milan Cheylov, along with their children.[10]