Michelle Butler Hallett

A Brother Charger typewriter on the left, Butler Hallett looking at the typewriter on the right.
Butler Hallett looking at one of her typewriters.

Michelle Butler Hallett, born 1971, is a Canadian writer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador who writes predominantly literary- historical fiction.[1] Her novel Constant Nobody was the winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award at the 2022 Atlantic Book Awards.[2]

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]

Books

  • The Shadow Side of Grace - 2006
  • Double-blind - 2007
  • Sky Waves - 2008
  • Deluded Your Sailors - 2011
  • This Marlowe - 2016
  • Constant Nobody - 2021

References

  1. ^ a b "'I want to start conversations': Why author Michelle Butler Hallett writes about disability". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, January 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, June 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Arts and Letter Competition winners". The Telegram, May 5, 2000.
  4. ^ Joan Sullivan, "Debut story collection is rewarding read". The Telegram, November 26, 2006.
  5. ^ Margaret Cannon, "Crime Books". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2007.
  6. ^ Lori Gallagher, "Book explores final months of Christopher Marlowe". The Daily Gleaner, March 12, 2016.
  7. ^ "David Huebert and Michelle Butler Hallett among the winners of 2022 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, June 13, 2022.


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