Sylvie Bérard
Sylvie Bérard is a Canadian academic and science fiction writer.
Born in Montreal, she studied semiotics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to lecture for the Department of French and perform post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto. She later lectured on Quebec literature at Trent University; she also was director of the Department of languages and modern literature.
Bérard began publishing short stories in 1987. Her short story "La Guerre sans temps" received a Prix Aurora Award. She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals. She is also a member of the editorial board for the journal XYZ.Selected works
- Elle meurt à la fin, novel with Brigitte Caron
- Les 50 romans d'amour qu'il faut lire with Julia Bettinotti and Gaëlle Jeanneson
- Terre des Autres, translated as Of Wind and Sand, received the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada
- La Saga d'Illyge, nominated for an Aurora award
