Michèle Laframboise (born July 14, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer and comics artist. The daughter of Québécois parents, she was born in London and studied geography at the Université de Montréal and civil engineering at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. She is also a self-taught illustrator. Her first novel ''Les nuages de Phoenix'' (2001) was awarded the Prix Cécile-Gagnon. She received Prix Aurora Awards in 2005 for Best novel in French ('' Les Mémoires de l'Arc'') and Best story in French ("Ceux qui ne comptent pas") and received another Aurora award in 2009 (''La Quête de Chaaas''); she was a finalist for another Aurora award in 2010. She received the

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in 2010 and was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award in 2009. She is currently living near Toronto.

Novels

* ''Les voyages du Jules-Verne'' series: ''Piège pour le Jules-Verne'' (2002) ''Le stratège de Léda'' (2003) ''Les mémoires de l'Arc'' (2004) ''Le Dragon de l'Alliance'' (2005) Montréal, Mediaspaul * ''La quête de Chaaas'' series: ''La quête de Chaaas'' (2007), ''Les vents de Tammerlan'' (2008), ''L'axe de Koudriss'' (2010), ''La spirale de Lar Jubal'', (2011), ''Le labyrinthe de Luurdu'' (2012) Montréal, Mediaspaul * ''Mica, fille de Transyl'', Gatineau, Vents d'Ouest (2012) * ''Le projet Ithuriel'', Ottawa, David, 2012 * ''La reine Margot'', Gatineau, Vents d'Ouest, 2014 * ''L'écologie d'Odi'', Montréal, Porte-Bonheur, Collection Clowns vengeurs, 2015 * ''Le Gant'', Gatineau, Vents d'Ouest, 2016 * ''La ruche'', Sherbrooke, Les Six Brumes, 2017 * ''Le secret de Paloma'' (2021), David, Ottawa, 330 p. * ''Rose du désert'' (2023) David, Ottawa, 352 p.

Graphic Novels

* ''La plume japonaise, Vermillon, Ottawa, 2010, 56 p.''

Selected short-stories

* ''Kuiper Pancake'' (2023) Analog, May-June issue * ''Tears Down the Wall'' (2023) Asimov’s, Vol. 47, Sept.-Oct. issue * ''Living on the Trap'' (2023) Analog, Nov-Dec. 2023 * ''I’ll Be Moon for Christmas'', Asimov’s Vol. 46, #11-12 * ''Screaming Fire (2022) in Asimov’s Vol. 46, 7-8'' * ''Rare Earths Pineapple (2022) in Analog July–August'' * ''October's Feast(2022) in Asimov’s Vol. 46, 1-2'' * ''Shooting at Warner’s Bay (2021) Asimov’s Vol. 45, 9-10'' * ''Cousin Entropy (2020) in Future SF Digest 7'' * ''Ganymede's Lamps (2020) in Luna Station Quarterly 42'' * ''Ice Monarch (2018) in Abyss&Apex no67'' * ''Domus Justice (2018) in Fiction River no27'' * ''Thinking Inside the Box (2017) in Compelling Science Fiction no7'' * ''Slime and Crime (2017) in Fiction River no22'' * ''Closing the Big Bang (2017) in Fiction River no21'' * ''La cousine Entropie (2016) in Galaxies 40'' * ''Sous réserve (2016) dans Brins d'éternité 43'' * ''Penser à l'intérieur de la boîte (2015) dans Géante Rouge 23'' * ''Monarque des glaces (2010) Solaris 175 - Solaris Prize Winner 2010 (reprinted in 2012 in Galaxies 18) * ''Le Vol de l'abeille (2006), Solaris 159 – Solaris Prize Winner 2006'' * ''Women are from Mars, Men are from Venus (2006), Tesseract 10, Edge publ.''

References

1960 births Living people Canadian science fiction writers Canadian comics artists Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French Université de Montréal alumni Canadian women science fiction and fantasy writers Canadian female comics artists Canadian short story writers in French Canadian women short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-writer-stub