Michelle Butler Hallett | |
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 Butler Hallett looking at one of her typewriters | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
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Michelle Butler Hallett (born 1971) is a Canadian writer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador who writes predominantly historical fiction. [1] Her novel Constant Nobody was the winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award at the 2022 Atlantic Book Awards. [2]
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Her play Peter's Accent won the NL Arts & Letters,Dramatic Script in 2000. [3] She published her debut short story collection The Shadow Side of Grace in 2006, [4] and followed up in 2007 with her debut novel Double-blind. [5]
Her novel This Marlowe , a 2016 novel which imagined the final months of Christopher Marlowe's life, was a longlisted nominee for the ReLit Award and the International Dublin Literary Award in 2017. [6] [7]
Butler Hallett lives with ankylosing spondylitis, and has also written essays about disability. [1]
