Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] Her debut novel, La déesse des mouches à feu (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.

Geneviève Pettersen
Geneviève Pettersen in 2016
Geneviève Pettersen in 2016
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Wendake, Quebec, Canada
Occupationwriter
Period2010s-present
Notable worksLa déesse des mouches à feu
Notable awards2015 Grand Prix littéraire Archambault

Biography

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Pettersen was born in Wendake, Quebec, 1982.

She wrote "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column for La Presse.[2] In 2014, she published Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose, a collection of her Madame Chose writing about relationships.[2]

Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2014.[3] The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015,[4] and its English translation by Neil Smith, The Goddess of Fireflies, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.[5] La déesse des mouches à feu was adapted by film director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette for the 2020 film Goddess of the Fireflies.[6]

Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald.[7]

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