Occupation writer Period 2010s-present Books The Goddess of Fireflies | Nationality Canadian | |
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Notable works La déesse des mouches à feu Similar Samuel Archibald, Fanny Britt, Catherine Voyer‑Léger, Isabelle Arsenault | ||
Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982 in Wendake, Quebec) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2013.
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. The novel is currently being adapted for film by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette.
Prior to the publication of La déesse des mouches à feu, she was known for "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column she wrote 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.
She is married to writer Samuel Archibald.
Moments de couple avec genevi ve pettersen
