Linda Amyot

Linda Amyot (born June 28, 1958) is an award-winning Canadian writer living in the Lanaudière region of Quebec.[1]

She was born in Montreal and earned a master's degree in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. During the 1980s and 1990s, Amyot published short stories in various Quebec literary magazines such as XYZ, Mœbius, Contre Ciel and Arcade. She works as an editor and as a writer of television documentaries and of audiovisual presentations for businesses. She also contributes to the literary magazine Nuit blanche. She helped create the À voix haute organization, which presents live performances by professional comedians of complete works or excerpts of works by Quebec authors. In 2011, she received the Prix à la création artistique awarded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.[1]