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Romy Shiller

Romy Shiller (MA 1992, PhD 1999) is a Canadian writer and gender scholar. In 2003, she had a brain tumour removed, leaving her in a coma and confined to a wheelchair — a experience she documented through self-published memoirs, including You Never Know and its continuation Who Knew?. She has written for publications including Canadian Theatre Review, FAB, and the Quebec Writers' Federation, and formerly served as Communications Director for Max the Mutt Animation School.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed Who Knew?.
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    2018
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Who Knew?: A Continuation of You Never Know

Who Knew? Is Romy Shiller's follow-up to You Never Know: A Memoir, applying her academic work on the body to life after a brain tumour operation, a five-month coma, and lasting disability. A short, intellectually framed memoir best read after its predecessor.

Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

Ask LuvemBooks about Romy Shiller

Romy Shiller is a Canadian gender scholar whose memoir writing grows directly out of her academic work on the body. The one book we've reviewed, Who Knew?: A Continuation of You Never Know, turns that scholarly lens on her own brain-tumour operation, five-month coma, and lasting disability, making it a short, intellectually framed memoir rather than a conventional recovery narrative. It reads best after its predecessor, You Never Know.
Where should I start?
The only Romy Shiller book we've reviewed is Who Knew?: A Continuation of You Never Know, and it is explicitly a follow-up that works best after its predecessor. If you can, begin with You Never Know for the original account, then move to Who Knew?, which re-examines that experience through her academic work on the body. Links below point to the reviewed title.
What's their writing style?
Romy Shiller writes from the overlap of scholarship and lived experience. In Who Knew?, she applies her academic work on the body to her own brain-tumour operation, coma, and disability, so the memoir reads as intellectually framed rather than purely confessional. The result is a short, reflective book where theory is used to make sense of a changed body.
Books we've reviewed
We have reviewed 1 Romy Shiller book. Who Knew?: A Continuation of You Never Know is a follow-up memoir that applies her academic work on the body to life after a brain-tumour operation, a five-month coma, and lasting disability, and it is best read after its predecessor.
What genre does Romy Shiller write?
The Romy Shiller book we've reviewed, Who Knew?, is a Memoir. Her wider background is in gender scholarship and critical writing for outlets such as Canadian Theatre Review and FAB, but on LuvemBooks the reviewed work sits squarely in memoir rooted in disability and the body.
Should I read You Never Know before Who Knew??
Yes, that order is recommended. Our review of Who Knew? describes it as a continuation that is best read after its predecessor, You Never Know, because it revisits and reframes the earlier memoir's events. Only Who Knew? is currently reviewed on LuvemBooks.
What is Who Knew? about?
Who Knew?: A Continuation of You Never Know is Romy Shiller's follow-up memoir. It applies her academic work on the body to life after a brain-tumour operation, a five-month coma, and lasting disability. Our take: a short, intellectually framed memoir best read after its predecessor.
Who is Romy Shiller?

Who is Romy Shiller?

Romy Shiller (MA 1992, PhD 1999) is a Canadian writer and gender scholar. In 2003 she had a brain tumour removed and was left in a coma and using a wheelchair, an experience she documented in the self-published memoirs You Never Know and its continuation Who Knew?. She has also written for Canadian Theatre Review, FAB, and the Quebec Writers' Federation, and formerly served as Communications Director for Max the Mutt Animation School.

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