Jean-François Chabas est un écrivain français né le 17 juin 1967 à Neuilly-sur-Seine qui vit aujourd’hui en Provence. Il a exercé plusieurs métiers avant de se consacrer entièrement à l’écriture. Il a…
Taken from Lowry's website: "I’ve always felt that I was fortunate to have been born the middle child of three. My older sister, Helen, was very much like our mother: gentle, family-oriented, eager to …
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts …
Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor whose literary work has had a profound impact on how the world understands the Holocaust and its aftermath. Born in Turin in 19…
Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people throug…
Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award and the Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the M…
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Am…
Marc Levy was born in France. When he turned eighteen, he joined the Red Cross, where he spent the next six years. In 1983, he created a computer graphics company based in France and the United States…
"was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1961. New Orleans is one of the most interesting American cities, and it has an incredibly rich and exotic culture that had a profound influence on me. Kids in other c…
Anthony McCarten’s debut novel, Spinners, won international acclaim, and was followed by The English Harem and the award winning Death of a Superhero, and Show of Hands, all four books being translate…
Carole Tremblay est une jeune femme gaie, drôle et pétillante. Elle cumule les expériences : elle est tour à tour comédienne, libraire, aide-bibliothécaire, auteure et journaliste. Chaque occasion est…
Né au Liban le 16 octobre 1968, Wajdi Mouawad est contraint d’abandonner sa terre natale à l’âge de huit ans, pour cause de guerre civile. Débute une période d’exil qui le conduit d’abord avec sa fami…
Marie Laberge est née à Québec (Québec, Canada). Elle étudie chez les Jésuites, puis s'initie à la danse avec Ludmilla Chiriaeff. Après des études en journalisme, qu'elle abandonne en 1970, elle se co…
Naomi Fontaine, née en 1987, est une romancière et enseignante innue originaire de Uashat dans la région administrative québécoise de la Côte Nord, au Canada.
Enfant, Simon Boulerice chantait dans la cage d’escalier, parce que sa voix y résonnait beaucoup. Il croyait chanter aussi bien que Whitney Houston. Mais ce n’était pas le cas. Depuis que sa voix a mu…
Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series. From 2010 to 2013 she studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Her …
Born in Rapides-des-Cèdres, Quebec, in 1951, to a Cree mother and a Quebecois father with Native ancestry, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau first became a painter. Pésémapeo Bordeleau, who holds a Bachelo…
Originaire de Wendake, Isabelle Picard est ethnologue, première spécialiste aux affaires autochtones à Radio-Canada et chargée de cours à l’UQAM. Malgré son emploi du temps digne d’une première minist…
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Priz…
