Francine Pelletier (born 25 April 1959 in Laval, Quebec) 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.
Pelletier studied at Université du Québec à Montréal. She was introduced to science fiction writing by Élisabeth Vonarburg from 1981 to 1986. 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
Le Temps des migrations (Recueil, Le Préambule, Chroniques du futur 11, 1987)
La Forêt de métal (Hurtubise HMH, Plus, 1991) Republished with same title for France market (Gamma jeunesse, 1994) Republished with same title for France market (L'Élan vert, 1998) Par chemins inventés (Collectif, Québec/Amérique, Clip 10, 1992) Télé-rencontre (Hurtubise HMH, Plus, 1999)
Jeunesse-pop books
Le Septième Écran (Paulines, Jeunesse-pop 80, 1992) La Saison de l'exil (Paulines, Jeunesse-pop 82, 1992)
La Planète du mensonge (Paulines, Jeunesse-pop 89, 1993)
Une nuit bizarre (Médiaspaul, Jeunesse-pop 92, 1994)
(sequel to Cher ancêtre)
Science fiction
Trilogie Le Sable et l'Acier Volume 1: Nelle de Vilvèq (Alire, Romans 011, 1997) Volume 2: Samiva de Frée (Alire, Romans 016, 1998) Volume 3: Issabel de Qohosaten (Alire, Romans 020, 1998) Les Jours de l'ombre (Alire, Romans 075, 2004). Un tour en Arkadie (Alire, Romans 125, 2009)
Other stories
Le Retour des gueux (Pour ta belle gueule d'ahuri 6, 1983)
La Voyageuse (Moebius 23, 1984) Le Seuil d'Ashoran (Imagine... 27, 1985) La Rébellion de Toby Arden (in Aurores Boréales 2, Le Préambule, Chroniques du futur 9, 1985) Interférences (Pandore 2, 1985)
La Migratrice (Solaris 63, 1985) English version: The Mother Migrator (in TesseractsQ, Tesseract Books, 1996) Cher Ancêtre (Imagine... 39, 1987)
Le Château de fer (Faërie/Mondes imaginaires 1, 1988) La Petite (Imagine... 46, 1988) English version: Guinea Pig (in Tesseracts 3, Press Porcépic, 1990)
Tu verras (Imagine... 48, 1989) Eaux mortes, eaux vives (Solaris 87, 1989)
DernièrePhase (Arcade 18, 1989) Promenons-nous dans les bois (Le Sabord 25, 1990) Cocon en sous-location (XYZ 22, 1990) Voyage à Paris (Samizdat 17, 1990) La Collection Galloway (Solaris 101, 1992) Cloche vaine (Solaris 109, 1994) Reparution dans Escales sur Solaris (Vents d'Ouest, Rafales, 1995) Version anglaise: Empty Ring (in Tesseracts 5, Tesseract Books, 1996) Les Radis de la colère (in Le Bal des ombres, Québec/Amérique, Clip 17, 1994) Adieu Arkadie (Samizdat 25, 1994) La Fin de la journée (in Fou Rire, Ashem Fictions, 1995) Navices (collaboration avec Yves Meynard) (Solaris 115, 1995)
Retour sur Arkadie (in Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul, Jeunesse-pop 121, 1997) Sans titre (in Roberval fantastique, Ashem fictions, 1998)
Chapters and essays
Awards and recognition 1981: Prix Boréal, Concours "Écriture sur place" for Le Retour des gueux 1983: Prix Boréal, Concours "Écriture sur place" for La Traversée d'Algir 1988: Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois (Quebec science fiction and fantary award) for La Petite Fille du silence 1988: Prix Boréal for Le Temps des migrations 1992: Award "Artiste jeune carrière" (young career artist) from City of Laval 1999: Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois (Quebec science fiction and fantary award) for Samiva de Frée et Issabel de Qohosaten 1999: Prix Boréal for Samiva de Frée 2024 Prix Aurora/Boréal, Meilleur Ouvrage Connexe (Best Related Work), for Solaris 225–228.
References
External links
Famous Canadian Women: On the Job – Writers , retrieved 2007-01-25