Jean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction

Science fiction

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 writer. He was born in Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

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 and has lived in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Toronto

Toronto

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, and Montreal

Montreal

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 before moving to Quebec City

Quebec City

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, Quebec

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, Canada

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, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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.

While he writes mainly in French, he has authored a few stories in English, published in such venues as Tales of the Shadowmen

Tales of the Shadowmen

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. Other stories in English and other languages (Greek, Portuguese, Italian, Russian) have appeared in translation.

Most of his books, for adults and young adults, are science fiction, but a few titles may also be classed as fantasy. A long-time contributor to Solaris (magazine)

Solaris (magazine)

Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...

, he is also noted as a science-fiction critic and historian. Writing with Yves Meynard

Yves Meynard

Yves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...

 under the name of Laurent McAllister, he has penned three YA books as part of an ongoing series, as well as several stories.

He has received several literary distinctions, including the "Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique québécois" in 2001 and several Aurora

Aurora Award

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 awards.

External links

• Jean-Louis Trudel's blog (in French) Culture des futurs
• On-line YA story (in French) on the Cybersciences-Junior site L'arche du vide
• On-line short story (in English) in webzine HorizonZero

Gathering the Echoes

• On-line short story (in French) in webzine ZéroHorizon

L'écho d'une musique abolie

• Biographical essay in the Dictionary of Literary Biography
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