Reine-Aimée Côté (born November 20, 1948) is a Canadian writer living in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec.
She was born in Villebois and earned a bachelor's degree in literary studies from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Côté taught school at the primary and secondary levels in Alma for 35 years; from 1998 to 1999, she was advisor for French education at the junior high level. She retired from teaching in 2002.[1]
In 1991, she won two first prizes at the annual creative writing contest sponsored by La Bonante. Her first novel Les Bruits received the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2004 and the the following year. Les Bruits was also a finalist for the Prix Anne-Hébert. Côté published her second novel L'échappée des dieux in 2009, which received honourable mention at the Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.[1] [2] [3]