Sylvie Desrosiers
Sylvie Desrosiers (born August 28, 1954) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.[1]
She was born in Montreal and received a BA in visual arts from the Université de Montréal.[1] Desrosiers contributed to the Quebec humour magazine Croc.[2] In 1987, she published La patte dans le sac which became the first of 18 novels in the Notdog series.[3]
Alongside Sylvie Pilon, Desrosiers wrote the script for the film Red Nose (Nez rouge). Also, she was the scriptwriter for the 2006 film Duo.[2]
Desrosiers lives in Longueuil.[3]
Selected works[2][1]
- Le long silence (1996), finalist for a Governor General's literary Award
- Bonne nuit, bon rêves, pas de puces, pas de punaises, novel (1998)
- Jeu de l'oie. Petite histoire vraie d'une cancer, autobiographical (2003)
- L'Héritage de la pirate, teen novel (2005)
- Les trois lieues, teen fiction (2008), received the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature
References
- ^ a b c "Sylvie Desrosiers". Communication-Jeunesse.
- ^ a b c "Sylvie Desrosiers: À l'abordage !". Les libraires. October 22, 2005.
- ^ a b "Sylvie Desrosiers - Author". Kids Can Press.
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