Michèle Matteau

Michèle Matteau is an accomplished poet, playwright, and novelist. She has studied psychology and arts, and has worked as a teacher and a journalist. Her fiction book, “Cognac et porto,” won the Trillium Book Award in 2002, her poetry collection, “Passerelles,” won the Trillium Book Award in 2010, and her novel, “Avant que ne tombe la nuit,” was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award in 2013. She has edited the Vertiges collection of Les Éditions L’Interligne from 2009 to 2013. She has lived in Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. Writing is an essential part of her life.