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Jennifer Tremblay
Born 1973 (age 51–52)
Forestville, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Writer
Alma mater Université du Québec à Montréal

Jennifer Tremblay (born 1973) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Forestville. In 1990, she published a collection of poetry Histoires de foudre. She went on to graduate in creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1995. Tremblay contributed short stories and articles to various magazines and wrote episodes for the Radio-Canada television series Les Chatouilles and Bouledogue Bazar [fr]. In 2004, she published her first novel Tout ce qui brille.

In 2004, she co-founded the publishing house Éditions de la Bagnole [fr], which publishes books for youth. It is now part of Groupe Livre Québecor Média [fr].

Selected works

Sources:

  • Un secret pour Matisse, youth literature (2004)
  • Miro et les canetons du lac vert, youth literature (2006)
  • Sacha et son sushi, youth literature (2008)
  • Matisse et les vaches lunaires, youth literature (2009)
  • La Liste, play, received the Governor General's Award for French-language drama in 2008 and the Prix Michel-Tremblay in 2010 She also received an award from the Centre national du théâtre [fr] in France. Her play was translated into five languages.
  • Le Carrousel, play (2011)
  • La délivrance, play (2014)
  • Blues nègre dans une chambre rose, novel (2015)
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