Emma Richler
{{short description|British-Canadian writer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| nationality = British-Canadian
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| occupation = writer
| father = Mordecai Richler
| relatives = Jacob Richler, brother
Noah Richler, brother
Martha Richler, sister
Daniel Richler, brother
| years_active = 2000s–present
| known_for = Sister Crazy, Feed My Dear Dogs
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Emma Richler (born 1961) is a British/Canadian writer."In the family business: It's in the Blood". Edmonton Journal, 27 May 2001.
Biography
Born in London, England, she is the daughter of author Mordecai Richler."And Emma makes five: Sister Crazy joins `an embarrassment of Richlers'". Ottawa Citizen, 6 May 2001. 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."This Richler shuns the light: Emma Richler loves writing but not the `unnatural' job of self-promotion". Montreal Gazette, 19 May 2001.{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000149145&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=bbbe2c17ea47f709be726a3bbfa05eff|title = Contemporary Authors Online|date = 2003|access-date = 31 January 2016|website = Biography in Context|publisher = Gale|url-access=subscription}}
She first worked as an actress, performing in stage, film and television roles in both Canada and England until 1996,{{cite news|title=Another Richler takes up the quill ; Emma's writing has family parallels|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=1 February 2001}} 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.{{cite news|newspaper=January Magazine|first=Sienna|last=Powers|title=Review {{!}} Sister Crazy by Emma Richler|date=29 March 2011|url=https://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/sistercrazy.html}} 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.{{cite news|title=Like life only different|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=20 March 2005}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Peeling back the years|first=Elena|last=Seymenliyska|date=29 Jan 2005|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jan/29/featuresreviews.guardianreview16 }} Her second, Be My Wolff, was published in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/be-my-wolff|title=Be My Wolff by Emma Richler|website=Quill & Quire|date=April 2017|first=Ami Sands|last=Brodoff}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:21st-century English novelists
Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:English women novelists
Category:Canadian women short story writers
Category:British women short story writers
Category:English emigrants to Canada
Category:Jewish Canadian writers
Category:Writers from Montreal
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers
Category:21st-century English women
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