| Geneviève Pettersen | |
|---|---|
 Geneviève Pettersen in 2016 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Wendake, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | writer |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | La déesse des mouches à feu |
| Notable awards | 2015 Grand Prix littéraire Archambault |
Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel, La déesse des mouches à feu (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.
Biography
Pettersen was born in Wendake, Quebec, 1982.
She wrote "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column for La Presse. 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.
Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2014. The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015, 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. La déesse des mouches à feu was adapted by film director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette for the 2020 film Goddess of the Fireflies.
Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald.
References
- "Moi, mon bonheur: Geneviève Pettersen, alias Madame Chose". La Presse, March 23, 2012.
- ^ "Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose". Châtelaine, October 23, 2014.
- "The kids aren't all right in Geneviève Pettersen's The Goddess of Fireflies". Montreal Gazette, March 30, 2016.
- "Le Grand Prix littéraire Archambault revient à Geneviève Pettersen". Les Libraires, March 19, 2015.
- "Governor-General's Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.
- Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020.
- "Couples créateurs: Un joyeux chaos". La Presse, February 14, 2015.