Corinne De Vailly (born September 10, 1959) is a French-born Canadian writer living in

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. She was born in

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and came to Quebec with her family in 1973. She studied literature at the

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and worked as a

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journalist for various literary publications of

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and Québec-Mag. In 1986, she became bureau chief and reporter for the program ''Le Petit Journal'', an information show for young people, at Télévision Quatre-Saisons. She wrote scripts for several television shows for young people, including ''Iris'' and ''Mais où se cache Carmen San Diego'' at

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and ''La Bande magique'' at TVI. During the 1980s, she wrote

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for children ''Les Mics et les Micquettes'' and ''Les Schnouguis'' which were presented at

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. De Vailly has written a number of novels for young people as well as informative books. Her series '' Celtina et Emrys'' and ''Phoenix, détective du Temps'' were very popular.

Selected works

* ''Miss Catastrophe'', youth novel (1993) * ''Top Model'', youth novel (1997) * ''Chimères'', novel with

Normand Lester Normand Lester (born July 10, 1945) is an investigative journalist from Quebec. Though he built his reputation through investigations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadia ...

(2002) * ''Verglas'', novel with Normand Lester (2006) * ''Mon premier livre de contes du Québec'' (2009), finalist for the Prix jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal * ''Mélusine et Philémon'' (2012) * ''Les Orchidées de Staline'', novel with Normand Lester (2017)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Vailly, Corinne 1959 births Living people Canadian women children's writers French emigrants to Canada Canadian children's writers in French