Geneviève Pettersen
Geneviève Pettersen is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2013.
The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015, and its English translation by Neil Smith, The Goddess of Fireflies, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards. The novel is currently being adapted for film by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette.
Prior to the publication of La déesse des mouches à feu, she was known for "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column she wrote for La Presse. In 2014, she published Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose, a collection of her Madame Chose writing about relationships.
Born in Wendake, Quebec, Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald.
