Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.Judy Stoffman, "Toronto writer signs big U.S. deal; Lori Lansens' novel tells of descendants of runaway slaves". Toronto Star, April 10, 2002.
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. It was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize."Finalists named for Writers' Trust Awards". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2003.
Lansens' follow-up novel, The Girls, was published in 2005.Ali Riley, "Inseparable twins: Lori Lansens' Girls live life joined at the head". Calgary Herald, September 24, 2005. The Girls received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association. and was longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2007.Linda Rosborough, "Canadians on list for Orange Prize". Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2007.
She followed up with The Wife's Tale in 2009,Rebecca Wigod, "Mary Gooch, overweight Everywoman; Lori Lansens' compulsive overeater is pushed into changing her life". Vancouver Sun, September 12, 2009. and The Mountain Story in 2015.Jamie Portman, "High Anxiety; Wilderness park provides hostile setting for tale of conflict, despair and redemption". Calgary Herald, May 16, 2015. 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.Sue Carter, "Lori Lansens' The Little Light about girls growing up in Trump era". Toronto Star, August 22, 2019.
Originally from Chatham, Ontario,Vit Wagner, "C-K native releases second novel". Chatham Daily News, October 4, 2005. Lansens currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television director and producer Milan Cheylov, along with their children.Sarah Hampson, "'I've always been drawn to people on the fringes'". The Globe and Mail, August 31, 2009. Cheylov is also Canadian born.
Bibliography Rush Home Road (2002) The Girls (2006) The Wife's Tale (2010) The Mountain Story (2015) This Little Light (2019)
Accolades In 2023 Lansens was inducted into the Chatham-Kent Cultural Hall of Fame for her contributions to the literary arts as a novelist and screenwriter.
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