Danielle Simard (born March 12, 1952) is a Canadian writer and illustrator living in

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. She was born in

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and studied design at the

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. Simard worked as a graphic artist for various organizations, including

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and a

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school board. In 1989, she decided to dedicate herself to writing and illustrating children's books. Since 1992, she has concentrated more on writing. Simard was literary and artistic director for the Maboul collection of Quebec publishing house .

Selected works

* ''C'est pas tous les jours Noël'', juvenile fiction (1994), finalist for the * ''J'ai vendu ma sœu'' (2002), received the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature * ''Les petites folies du jeudi'' (2003) * ''La plus méchante maman'' (2005) * ''L'Esprit du vent'', juvenile fiction (2005)

References

1952 births Living people Governor General's Award-winning children's writers Canadian children's book illustrators Writers from Montreal Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers {{Quebec-writer-stub