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Rohan O'Grady
| Full Name: |
June
Margaret O'Grady
Skinner |
| Born: |
July 23, 1922
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died: |
March 17, 2014
WestVancouver, Canada |
| Occupation: |
Writer |
| Nationality: |
Canadian |
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Biography
Rohan O'Grady was the chief pen name of Vancouver-born Canadian novelist June Skinner. After graduating from Lord Byng Secondary School in 1940, she worked for the Capilano Golf and Country Club as assistant resident manager, and then in the library at the Vancouver Sun. At the paper she met journalist Frederick Snowden Skinner, who became her husband, and they raised their three children in West Vancouver.
Skinner's books, which are often set in her native British Columbia, are characterized by a strong gothic streak and a tendency to dismiss genre conventions. For example, though she commonly features child protagonists, she subjects them to both emotional intensity and physical violence rarely found in "young adult" novels. This has been attributed in part to Skinner's independence from the larger literary culture. She did not publish her first book until she was nearly 40, and she did her writing alone in suburban West Vancouver while raising three children.
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