Maryse Rouy (born November 4, 1951) is a French-born writer living in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. She has written novels for both adults and young audiences. She was born in Saint-Laurent-sur-Save and came to Quebec in 1975. She earned a bachelor's degree in teaching and began teaching in

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

. She went on to study at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

, earning a master's degree on the poetry of

troubadour A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

Selected works

* ''Azalaïs - ou, La vie courtoise'', novel (1995) * ''Jordan et la forteresse assiégée'', youth novel (2001) * ''Au nom de Compostelle'', novel (2003), received the * ''Un Avion dans la nuit'', youth novel (2010), received the * ''Les pavés de Carcassonne'', novel (2012) * ''Meurtre à l'hôtel Despréaux'', novel (2014), finalist for an

Arthur Ellis Award The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadians, Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and Mystery fiction, mys ...

References

1951 births Living people Canadian novelists in French Canadian women novelists Canadian writers of young adult literature {{Canada-writer-stub