Emma Richler (born 1961) is a British/Canadian writer.

Biography

Born in London, England, she is the daughter of author

Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (novel), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and ''Barney's Version (novel), Barney's Versi ...

."And Emma makes five: Sister Crazy joins 'an embarrassment of Richlers'". ''

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'', 6 May 2001. She moved with her family to Montreal, Quebec in 1972. She briefly attended the

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before transferring to Universite de Provence to complete her education. She first worked as an actress, performing in stage, film and television roles in both Canada and England until 1996, for example playing the young nurse in the

Screen Two ''Screen Two'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March 1978 ...

adaptation of

Memento Mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die")

. She later worked in publishing before publishing her debut short story collection ''Sister Crazy'' in 2001. 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. Her second, ''Be My Wolff'', was published in 2017.

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21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century English novelists Canadian women novelists English women novelists Canadian women short story writers British women short story writers English emigrants to Canada Jewish Canadian writers Writers from London 1961 births Living people 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers Emma 21st-century English women Novelists from Montreal {{Canada-novelist-stub