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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 (film)|Marine Life]]'', before publishing her first novel ''Rush Home Road'' in 2002. |
'''Lori Lansens''' is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. She was a successful screenwriter, whose credits included the films ''[[South of Wawa]]'', ''[[Wolf Girl (2001 film)|Wolf Girl]]'' and ''[[Marine Life (film)|Marine Life]]'', before publishing her first novel ''Rush Home Road'' in 2002. |
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Lansens' follow-up novel, ''[[The Girls (2005 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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213181734/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm |archivedate=2011-02-13 |df= }}</ref> |
Lansens' follow-up novel, ''[[The Girls (2005 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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213181734/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm |archivedate=2011-02-13 |df= }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:11, 15 February 2018
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.[2]
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 978-0-307-36328-2
- The Girls (2006) ISBN 978-0-676-97796-7
- The Wife's Tale (2010) ISBN 978-0-307-37304-5
- "The Mountain Story" (2015) ISBN 978-0-345-80902-5
References
- ^ American Library Association (2007). "2007 Best Books for Young Adults". Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Mountain Story: A Novel". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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