Gilda O'Neill explained

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

• My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London (2000)
• East End Tales (Quick Reads) (2008)
• Our Street: East End Life in the Second World War (2004) (paperback)

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)

Personal life

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]}

External links

• Author's page at Penguin Books
• Author's page at fantasticfiction.co.uk
• Author's page at Random House

Notes and References

1. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/06/gilda-oneill-obituary Gilda O'Neill obituary in the Guardian
2. Gilda O'Neill (1951-2010). 10.1093/hwj/dbr042. 2011. Joseph. A.. History Workshop Journal. 72. 335–337.
3. Web site: Mystery surrounds Thai beach death of ex-Brentwood schoolboy . Meyler . Piers . 2013-06-05 . brentwoodgazette.co.uk . January 19, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194507/http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/Mystery-surrounds-Thai-beach-death-ex-Brentwood/story-19192311-detail/story.html . September 23, 2015 . dead .
4. Web site: Best-selling author's son drowns at beach in Thailand . 2013-06-06 . aol.co.uk . January 19, 2016 .