Marie-Danielle Croteau (born August 1, 1953)now 71 years is a Canadian writer of youth literature living in

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and

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. She was born in Saint-Élie-d'Orford (now

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) in the

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region and studied communications and art history in university. She worked as a journalist, as a researcher and radio columnist for

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and was Chief Information Officer for the

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. She has travelled to Africa, to France, to the

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, to

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and to Central America. She has participated in various book shows in Quebec and France and was the guest of honour at the in 1999. Her books have been translated into English, Portuguese, Chinese and Créole.

Selected works

Sources: * ''Un vent de liberté'' (1993), received the * ''Un monde à la dérive'' (1994), finalist for a

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* ''Le chat de mes rêves'' (1994), illustrations by Bruno St-Aubin, translated into English by Sarah Cummins as ''Fred's dream cat'' (1995) * ''Un pas dans l’éternité'' (1997), finalist for the Prix Brive/Montréal * ''La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir'' (1999), illustrations by

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, translated into English by Sheila Fischman as ''The amazing story of the little black sheep'' (1999) * ''Un gnome à la mer'' (2002), received an award from the

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, translated into English by Sheila Fischman as ''Gnome overboard'' (2002) * ''L'autobus colère'' (2003), illustrations by Sophie Casson, received a Mr. Christie's Book Award * ''Le coeur de monsieur Gauguin'' (2004), illustrated by

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, received the

Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration The Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Gove ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croteau, Marie-Danielle 1953 births Living people Writers from Sherbrooke Canadian writers of young adult literature