Lori Lansens
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Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Lori Lansens was a successful screenwriter before she burst onto the literary scene in 2002 with her first novel Rush Home Road. Translated into eight languages and published in eleven countries, Rush Home Road received rave reviews around the world, was a national bestseller in Canada and a Globe 100 Book of the Year. Whoopi Goldberg’s production company has optioned the film rights. Lori Lansens now makes her home in Toronto.
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The Girls by Lori Lansens avg rating 3.86 — 2,021 ratings — published 2005 26 editions |
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Rush Home Road: A Novel by Lori Lansens avg rating 4.10 — 239 ratings — published 2002 11 editions |
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Rush Home Road: A Novel by Lori Lansens avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Wife's Tale: A Novel by Lori Lansens avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010 |
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Her Body Electric by Lori Lansens avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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""The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.""
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
"If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead."
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
"'Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.'"
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
— Lori Lansens (The Girls)
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