Andrée Laberge (born 1953) is a

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researcher and writer. She was born in

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and earned a master's degree in social work and a

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. She worked as a

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and then as a public health researcher before turning to writing. She received the

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in 2006 for her novel ''La rivière du loup''; it was also a finalist for the

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from the

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, the Prix des libraires du Québec and the

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Selected works

* ''Le fin fond de l'histoire'' (2008) * ''Le fil ténu de l'âme'' (2012)

References

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