Mireille Messier | |
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| Born | March 19, 1971 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Children's writer, journalist |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Notable works | The Magic Cap, The Branch |
Mireille Messier (born March 19, 1971) is a Canadian writer of children's literature, who has published work in both English and French. [1] She is most noted for her 2016 book The Branch, which was a shortlisted Governor General's Literary Award finalist for English language children's illustration at the 2016 Governor General's Awards, [2] and her 2023 book The Magic Cap (Le bonnet magique), which won the Trillium Book Award for French children's literature in 2025. [3]
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, she worked in radio in her early career, including stints as director of French programming at CHUO-FM in Ottawa, and as a radio host on CHOD-FM in Cornwall. [4] She moved to Toronto in 1995, working for TFO as a researcher and reporter for programs such as Panorama and Méga TFO , before publishing her first children's book in 1999. [4]
She has written and published both illustrated picture books for young children and a series of short novels for middle grade readers which centre on Viviane and Simon, young amateur detectives who travel around Ontario solving local mysteries. [5]