Corinne De Vailly
Corinne De Vailly (born September 10, 1959) is a French-born Canadian writer living in Quebec.
She was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and came to Quebec with her family in 1973. She studied literature at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent and worked as a freelance journalist for various literary publications of Quebecor and Québec-Mag. In 1986, she became bureau chief and reporter for the program Le Petit Journal, an information show for young people, at Télévision Quatre-Saisons.[1]
She wrote scripts for several television shows for young people, including Iris and Mais où se cache Carmen San Diego at Radio-Canada and La Bande magique at TVI.[1] During the 1980s, she wrote musical comedies for children Les Mics et les Micquettes and Les Schnouguis which were presented at La Ronde.[2]
De Vailly has written a number of novels for young people as well as informative books.[1] Her series Celtina et Emrys and Phoenix, détective du Temps were very popular.[2]
Selected works[]
- Miss Catastrophe, youth novel (1993)
- Top Model, youth novel (1997)
- Chimères, novel with Normand Lester (2002)
- Verglas, novel with Normand Lester (2006)
- Mon premier livre de contes du Québec (2009), finalist for the Prix jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal[2]
- Mélusine et Philémon (2012)
- Les Orchidées de Staline, novel with Normand Lester (2017)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "De Vailly, Corinne" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Corinne De Vailly" (in French). Éditions de Mortagne.
External links[]
- "Author's web site" (in French).
- Corinne De Vailly at IMDb
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Canadian women children's writers
- French emigrants to Canada
- Canadian children's writers in French