Esther Rochon

Esther Rochon in 2014

Esther Rochon (née Blackburn, born 27 June 1948) is a Canadian science fiction writer.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the daughter of screenwriter Marthe Blackburn and composer Maurice Blackburn.[citation needed] At the age of 16, she won the Governor General First Prize for a short story in the Young Author's contest of Radio Canada, where she tied with Michel Tremblay.[1][2] Rochon studied Mathematics at the Université de Montréal.[citation needed]

She has won the Quebec Science Fiction Fantasy Grand Prix four times.[1]

Selected bibliography

  • En hommage aux araignées — 1974
  • L'épuisement du soleil — 1985
  • Coquillage — 1987 (translated as The Shell, 1990)
  • L'espace du diamant — 1991

References

  1. ^ a b "Rochon Esther". www.alire.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  2. ^ "SFE: Rochon, Esther". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

Bibliography

  • W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 983.


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