Michelle Butler Hallett

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]

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

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. "'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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