Gilda O'Neill
# 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.

