Michèle Laframboise (born July 14, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer and comics artist. [1]
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. [1]
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 Prix Solaris in 2010 and was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award in 2009. [1]