Author Guest of Honour : Élisabeth Vonarburg
of the 1993 Tiptree Award -, Reluctant Voyagers , and Dreams of the Sea ( Tyranaël I , 2003) ; nine published in French. The more recent, the series Tyranael (5 books), received three major awards in Quebec ; numerous short stories in French and English. Also writes for children and YA. About thirty awards in France, Canada, Quebec and the States, among which the Prix du Conseil québécois de la Femme en littérature, (1998, a one-time literary award given by the Quebecois Council for Women's Affairs on its twentieth anniversary), and the Aurora award 2004 (Best short story, « La course de Kathryn »). Last published : Books I, II & III of Reine de Mémoire , a parallel universe fantasy taking place in a 18th and 16th century ; last awards : Grand prix de la SF et du Fantastique québécois and Prix Boréal 2005 for Reine de Mémoire 1 & II.

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Born to life in 1947 (France), and to science-fiction in 1964. Teaches French Literature and Creative Writing on and off at various universities in Quebec (since immigration, in 1973). "Fulltime writer" since 1990, (despite PhD. in Creative Writing, 1987), i.e. translator, SF convention organizer, literary editor ( Solaris magazine), essayist. Still managed to publish five short stories collections in French, one in English ( Slow Engines of Time , Tesseract Bks, 2001). Four novels translated in English, ( The Silent City , In the Mothers' Land aka The Maerlande Chronicles -1993 Philip K. Dick's Special Award and a finalist