Danielle Marcotte

Danielle Marcotte (born April 1950) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.[1]

Danielle Marcotte
BornApril 1950
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanada
GenreChildren's books

She was born in Montreal and received a bachelor's degree in literature and a master's degree in adult education. Marcotte has worked in media relations, journalism, teaching, editing and communications.[1] From 2004 to 2009, she was responsible for promoting reading for the Department of Education in the Swiss Canton of Jura.[2]

Marcotte married the Swiss politician Pierre-Alain Gentil, who died in 2008.[3] She returned to Quebec in autumn 2009.[2]

Selected works[2][1]
  • Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée (1996), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award
  • La légende de Jos Montferrand (2001)
  • Les Sabots rouges (2004), nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award
  • Au lit, Moka! (2010), awarded second place in the category children's book at the Alcuin Society Awards
gollark: Of course, there's no use worrying about this because I don't* have backdoors in your stuff.
gollark: And/or muck with your release pipeline accordingly (not that I did this, of course).
gollark: In the hypothetical scenario in which I had backdoors, I could theoretically just make it accept itself as valid if it was signed by potatOS keys and not your own.
gollark: It still can't verify itself.
gollark: In any case, I can neither confirm nor deny that there wouldn't be much stopping me from just sending backdoored copies into your signing process.

References
  1. "Marcotte, Danielle" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  2. "Danielle Marcotte". L'abécédaire des créateurs (in French). Communication-Jeunesse.
  3. "Gentil, Pierre-Alain, 1925-2008 (Fonds)" (in French). State Archives Jura.
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