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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
O'Neill was born in Bethnal Green.[2]
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.[3][4]
Notes edit
- ^ Gilda O'Neill obituary in the Guardian
- ^ Joseph, A. (2011). "Gilda O'Neill (1951-2010)". History Workshop Journal. 72: 335–337. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbr042.
- ^ Meyler, Piers (5 June 2013). "Mystery surrounds Thai beach death of ex-Brentwood schoolboy". brentwoodgazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Best-selling author's son drowns at beach in Thailand". aol.co.uk. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2016.