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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.

Partial list of publications

Novels

  • 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

O'Neill was born in Bethnal Green.

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.

Notes

  1. Gilda O'Neill obituary in the Guardian
  2. Joseph, A. (2011). "Gilda O'Neill (1951-2010)". History Workshop Journal. 72: 335–337. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbr042.
  3. 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.
  4. "Best-selling author's son drowns at beach in Thailand". aol.co.uk. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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