Ttwelve year old Baby lives in the red light district of Montreal with her drug addict father. As a child she is still able to take the sordid realities of her world and transform them into something fascinating, even beautiful. However, turning 13 has her future becoming more dangerous as she attracts the attention of the neighbourhood pimp.

Lullabies for Little Criminals won Canada’s Hugh MacLennan Prize for Best Novel 2007 and was shortlisted for a number of other literary prizes in Canada and elsewhere.