Lori Lansens

Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.^[1]

Lori Lansens
Born	July 25, 1962 Chatham, Ontario
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1990s-present
Notable works	South of Wawa, Rush Home Road, The Girls

Profile

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]

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
• This Little Light (2019) ISBN 978-0735276420