Francine Pelletier (writer) explained

Birth Place:Laval, Quebec, Canada
Birth Date:25 April 1959
Language:French
Alma Mater:Université du Québec à Montréal
Years Active:1983–present

Francine Pelletier (born 25 April 1959 in Laval, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian science fiction writer, whose work often features strong female protagonists. She has been a winner of several literary prizes for science fiction, including the Prix Aurora Award.

She has published over 20 novels for young readers, mostly in the science fiction and mystery genres, and dozens of short stories, as well as a few science-fiction novels for adults. Some of her work has been translated into English.

Career

Palletier was interested in reading, and particularly fiction, from a young age.[2]

Pelletier studied at Université du Québec à Montréal. She was introduced to science fiction writing by Élisabeth Vonarburg from 1981 to 1986.[3] In 1983 she began publishing her work in magazines, including Imagine, Moebius, and Solaris. She wrote her first youth novel, Le Rendez-vous du désert, at the insistence of Daniel Sernine, the literary director of Jeunesse Pop, an imprint of Paulines. She attended the sixth International Science Fiction and Imaginary Week held in Roanne, France in 1989.

She was a member of Solaris's editorial board from 1984 to 1990. In 1987 she joined the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (Union of Québécois Writers). From 1990 to 1993, she served on the management committee of Communication-Jeunesse. Beginning in 1993, she began working for Médiaspaul as an executive secretary. She continued working part-time for the publisher until at least 1998.

Pelletier has said she enjoys the work of fellow science fiction authors Ursula K. Le Guin, Esther Rochon, Joan D. Vinge, and Connie Willis.

Bibliography

Youth fiction

Jeunesse-pop books

Science fiction

Other stories

Chapters and essays

Awards and recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francine Pelletier . Éditions Alire.
  2. Noël-Gaudreault . Monique . Spring 1998. 109 . Comment Francine Pelletier a écrit certains de ses livres . Québec français. 109–111. 0316-2052.
  3. Web site: Stockman . Katia . Recherche - Pelletier, Francine . 2024-10-25 . www.litterature.org.
  4. Book: Ransom, Amy J. . Science Fiction from Quebec: A Postcolonial Study . 2009-05-20 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-3824-2 . 51 . en.
  5. News: Demers . Dominique . 1990-04-28 . Litterature Jeunesse . . D7.
  6. Book: Ransom . Amy J. . https://books.google.com/books?id=_XiaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Francine+Pelletier+science+fiction&pg=PA274 . Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Bridging the Solitudes . Grace . Dominick . 2019-05-27 . Springer . 978-3-030-15685-5 . 275 . en . Interacting with Humans, Aliens, and Others in Science Fiction from Quebec.
  7. Web site: Martin . François . December 2005. Francine Pelletier, Un tour en Arkadie (SF) . 2024-10-25 . Revue Solaris . fr-FR.
  8. News: Demers . Dominique . 1986-02-01 . Cendrillons du troisième type . Cinderellas of the third kind . . 34, 36 . fr.
  9. News: Ferland . Guy . 1989-12-16 . CINQ . . D6.
  10. September 1995 . Out of This World: Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature . National Library News . . 27 . 9.
  11. Web site: 2023-08-15 . Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois 1999 . 2024-10-25 . Passeport pour l'imaginaire . fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Glyer . Mike . 2024-09-24 . Prix Aurora-Boréal 2024 . 2024-10-25 . File 770 . en-US.

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