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Merilyn Simonds (born 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian writer. She spent her childhood in Brazil, and returned to Canada as a teenager, where she was educated at the University of Western Ontario. She subsequently worked as a freelance writer, and was an editor of Harrowsmith.

Her most famous book is The Convict Lover, published in 1996. That book, a finalist for the 1996 Governor General's Awards, resulted when Simonds found a cache of romantic letters in her attic, written by a prison inmate to a woman who formerly occupied Simonds' house. With only half the story available to her, Simonds published the letters interspersed with her own historical research and speculation about the woman and her romance with a prisoner.

In 1991, Simonds also co-wrote the book accompaniment to the controversial CBC Television documentary The Valour and the Horror.

Simonds also frequently publishes lifestyle and nature journalism for magazines such as Canadian Geographic, Saturday Night and Equinox. She published her first novel, The Holding, in 2004. From September to December 2006 she served as the Writer in Residence at Green College, University of British Columbia.

Simonds lives with writer and translator Wayne Grady outside Kingston, Ontario.

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Total Books: 18
Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Travels Through America
Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Travels Through America (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781553655220
ISBN-10: 1553655222
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
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Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Travels Through America
Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Travels Through America (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781553658269
ISBN-10: 1553658264
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
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The Convict Lover a True Story
The Convict Lover a True Story (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780921912965
ISBN-10: 092191296X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics & Social Sciences
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The Convict Lover A True Story
The Convict Lover a True Story (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781551990194
ISBN-10: 1551990199
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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Das alte Land
Das Alte Land (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783442751495
ISBN-10: 3442751497
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Der Lwe im Zimmer nebenan
Der Lwe Im Zimmer Nebenan [German Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781400039180
ISBN-10: 1400039185
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Der Strfling Eine wahre Geschichte
Der Strfling Eine Wahre Geschichte (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783442724833
ISBN-10: 344272483X
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Gutenberg's Fingerprint A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide
The Holding
The Holding (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780771080654
ISBN-10: 0771080654
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The Holding A Novel
The Holding a Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780393060614
ISBN-10: 0393060616
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Reference
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The Lion in the Room Next Door
The Lion in the Room Next Door (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780399145919
ISBN-10: 0399145915
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The Lion in the Room Next Door
The Lion in the Room Next Door (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780425179659
ISBN-10: 0425179656
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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The Lion in the Room Next Door
The Lion in the Room Next Door (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780747546009
ISBN-10: 0747546002
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The Lion in the Room Next Door
The Lion in the Room Next Door (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780747553809
ISBN-10: 0747553807
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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THE LION IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
The Lion in the Room Next Door (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780771080661
ISBN-10: 0771080662
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A New Leaf Growing with My Garden
A New Leaf Growing with My Garden (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385670456
ISBN-10: 0385670451
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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