Emma Richler | |
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Born | 1961 (age 63–64) London, England |
Nationality | British-Canadian |
Occupation | writer |
Years active | 2000s–present |
Known for | Sister Crazy, Feed My Dear Dogs |
Father | Mordecai Richler |
Relatives | Jacob Richler, brother Noah Richler, brother Martha Richler, sister Daniel Richler, brother |
Emma Richler (born 1961) is a British/Canadian writer. [1]
Born in London, England, she is the daughter of author Mordecai Richler. [2] She moved with her family to Montreal, Quebec in 1972. She briefly attended the University of Toronto before transferring to Universite de Provence to complete her education. [3] [4]
She first worked as an actress, performing in stage, film and television roles in both Canada and England until 1996, [4] [5] for example playing the young nurse in the Screen Two adaptation of Memento Mori. She later worked in publishing before publishing her debut short story collection Sister Crazy in 2001. [2] [6] The book was a shortlisted nominee for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize in 2002.
Her first novel, Feed My Dear Dogs, was published in 2005. [7] [8] Her second, Be My Wolff, was published in 2017. [9]