Mylène Gilbert-Dumas (born October 20, 1967) is a Canadian writer living in the

Estrie Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...

region of

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. She was born in

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and received a bachelor's degree in French language instruction (secondary school) from

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. She taught French in an English school in Quebec for 12 years before returning to Sherbrooke in 2005. Her first book ''Les dames de Beauchêne'' received the

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in 2002 and was a finalist for the in 2003. In 2009, she was writer-in-residence at Berton House Writer's Retreat in

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. Gilbert-Dumas was also a finalist for a Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2004 for her book for young adults ''Mystique''.

Selected works

Source: * ''Les dames de Beauchêne'', historical fiction - three volumes (2002–2005) * ''Lili Klondike'', historical fiction - three volumes (2008–2009) * ''Détours sur la route de Compostelle'', novel (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert-Dumas, Mylene 1967 births Living people Canadian novelists in French Canadian women novelists Université Laval alumni Writers from Sherbrooke Novelists from Quebec