Gilda O'Neill

Gilda O'Neill (25 May 1951 – 24 September 2010) was a British novelist and historian, particularly of the local history of the East End of London.

Partial list of publications

 * My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London (2000) ISBN 0-14-025950-3
 * East End Tales (Quick Reads) (2008) ISBN 0-14-103494-7
 * Our Street: East End Life in the Second World War (2004) ISBN 0-14-100046-5 (paperback)

Novels

 * The Cockney Girl (1992)
 * Whitechapel Girl (1993)
 * The Bells of Bow (1994)
 * Just Around the Corner (1995)
 * Cissie Flowers (1996)
 * Dream On (1997)
 * The Lights of London (1998)
 * Playing Around (2000)
 * Getting There (2001)
 * The Belts and Bow (2001)
 * The Sins of Their Fathers (2002)
 * Make Us Traitors (2003)
 * Of Woman Born (2005) ISBN 0-09-942747-8

Personal life
O'Neill was born in Bethnal Green.

She died from side-effects triggered by medication prescribed for a minor injury.

Her son Jeremy died in Thailand in 2013. He was 37 and drowned in the sea.