Michelle Butler Hallett (born 1971) is a Canadian writer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador who writes predominantly historical fiction."'I want to start conversations': Why author Michelle Butler Hallett writes about disability". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, January 29, 2023. Her novel Constant Nobody was the winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award at the 2022 Atlantic Book Awards.Cassandra Drudi, "2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, June 9, 2022.
Her play Peter's Accent won the NL Arts & Letters, Dramatic Script in 2000."Arts and Letter Competition winners". The Telegram, May 5, 2000. She published her debut short story collection The Shadow Side of Grace in 2006,Joan Sullivan, "Debut story collection is rewarding read". The Telegram, November 26, 2006. and followed up in 2007 with her debut novel Double-blind.Margaret Cannon, "Crime Books". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2007.
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.Lori Gallagher, "Book explores final months of Christopher Marlowe". The Daily Gleaner, March 12, 2016."David Huebert and Michelle Butler Hallett among the winners of 2022 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, June 13, 2022.
Butler Hallett lives with ankylosing spondylitis, and has also written essays about disability.
Books The Shadow Side of Grace - 2006 Double-blind - 2007 Sky Waves - 2008 Deluded Your Sailors - 2011 This Marlowe - 2016 Constant Nobody - 2021
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Reviews of books by Michelle Butler Hallett at Quill & Quire