Jennifer Tremblay (born 1973) is a Canadian writer living in

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. She was born in Forestville. In 1990, she published a collection of poetry ''Histoires de foudre''. She went on to graduate in creative writing at the

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in 1995. Tremblay contributed short stories and articles to various magazines and wrote episodes for the

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series ''Les Chatouilles'' and '. In 2004, she published her first novel ''Tout ce qui brille''. In 2004, she co-founded the publishing house , which publishes books for youth. It is now part of .

Selected works

* ''Un secret pour Matisse'', youth literature (2004) * ''Miro et les canetons du lac vert'', youth literature (2006) * ''Sacha et son sushi'', youth literature (2008) * ''Matisse et les vaches lunaires'', youth literature (2009) * ''La Liste'', play, received the

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in 2008 and the Prix Michel-Tremblay in 2010 She also received an award from the in France. Her play was translated into five languages. * ''Le Carrousel'', play (2011) * ''La délivrance'', play (2014) * ''Blues nègre dans une chambre rose'', novel (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tremblay, Jennifer 1973 births Living people Canadian women children's writers Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Governor General's Award-winning dramatists Canadian women novelists Canadian book publishers (people) Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Canadian children's writers in French