Corinne De Vailly

Corinne De Vailly (born September 10, 1959) is a French-born Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and came to Quebec with her family in 1973. She studied literature at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent and worked as a freelance journalist for various literary publications of Quebecor and Québec-Mag. In 1986, she became bureau chief and reporter for the program Le Petit Journal, an information show for young people, at Télévision Quatre-Saisons.[1]

She wrote scripts for several television shows for young people, including Iris and Mais où se cache Carmen San Diego at Radio-Canada and La Bande magique at TVI.[1] During the 1980s, she wrote musical comedies for children Les Mics et les Micquettes and Les Schnouguis which were presented at La Ronde.[2]

De Vailly has written a number of novels for young people as well as informative books.[1] Her series Celtina et Emrys and Phoenix, détective du Temps were very popular.[2]

Selected works
  • Miss Catastrophe, youth novel (1993)
  • Top Model, youth novel (1997)
  • Chimères, novel with Normand Lester (2002)
  • Verglas, novel with Normand Lester (2006)
  • Mon premier livre de contes du Québec (2009), finalist for the Prix jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal[2]
  • Mélusine et Philémon (2012)
  • Les Orchidées de Staline, novel with Normand Lester (2017)

References
  1. "De Vailly, Corinne" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  2. "Corinne De Vailly" (in French). Éditions de Mortagne.
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