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Lansens' follow-up novel, ''[[The Girls (novel)|The Girls]]'', was featured as a book-club pick by the Richard & Judy Show in the UK, selling over 400,000 copies. The book received recognition as a 2007 [[Best Book for Young Adults]] from the [[American Library Association]].<ref>{{cite web|author=American Library Association|year=2007|title=2007 Best Books for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
Lansens' follow-up novel, ''[[The Girls (novel)|The Girls]]'', was featured as a book-club pick by the Richard & Judy Show in the UK, selling over 400,000 copies. The book received recognition as a 2007 [[Best Book for Young Adults]] from the [[American Library Association]].<ref>{{cite web|author=American Library Association|year=2007|title=2007 Best Books for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>


Her most recent book, ''The Wife's Tale'', was published in 2012.
She followed up with ''The Wife's Tale'' in 2012, and ''The Mountain Story'' in 2015.


Born and raised in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham]], [[Ontario]], Lansens now makes her home in [[Los Angeles]] with her husband and two children.
Born and raised in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham]], [[Ontario]], Lansens now makes her home in [[Los Angeles]] with her husband and two children.

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Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. She was a successful screenwriter, whose credits included the films South of Wawa, Wolf Girl and Marine Life, before publishing her first novel Rush Home Road in 2002.

Lansens' follow-up novel, The Girls, was featured as a book-club pick by the Richard & Judy Show in the UK, selling over 400,000 copies. The book received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association.[1]

She followed up with The Wife's Tale in 2012, and The Mountain Story in 2015.

Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, Lansens now makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

Bibliography

  • Rush Home Road (2002) ISBN 9780307363282
  • The Girls (2006) ISBN 9780676977967
  • The Wife's Tale (2010) ISBN 9780307373045

References

  1. ^ American Library Association (2007). "2007 Best Books for Young Adults". Retrieved 2011-02-03.

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