Danielle Marcotte Explained

Danielle Marcotte
Birth Date:	April 1950
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec
Nationality:	Canadian
Genre:	Children's books

Danielle Marcotte (born April 1950) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Montreal and received a bachelor's degree in literature and a master's degree in adult education. Marcotte has worked in media relations, journalism, teaching, editing and communications.^[1] From 2004 to 2009, she was responsible for promoting reading for the Department of Education in the Swiss Canton of Jura.

Marcotte married the Swiss politician, who died in 2008.^[2] She returned to Quebec in autumn 2009.^[3]

Selected works

• Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée (1996), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award
• La légende de Jos Montferrand (2001)
• Les Sabots rouges (2004), nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award
• Au lit, Moka! (2010), awarded second place in the category children's book at the Alcuin Society Awards

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Marcotte, Danielle . Infocentre littéraire des écrivains . fr.
2. Web site: Gentil, Pierre-Alain, 1925-2008 (Fonds) . State Archives Jura . fr.
3. Web site: Danielle Marcotte . L'abécédaire des créateurs . Communication-Jeunesse . fr.