Yves Meynard
Yves Meynard is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer. He writes in both English and French.Biography
Meynard made his debut as an author in 1986 at the Boréal congress in Longueuil. Along with Philippe Gauthier and Claude J. Pelletier, he launched the fanzine Samizdat, and became literary director for the magazine Solaris from 1994-2002. He has received a number of literary awards, including four Aurora Awards, three Boréal Prizes, and the Quebec Grand Prize for Science Fiction and Fantasy in 1994.
In 1998, Meynard published The Book of Knights in English with Tor Books, released in French as Le Livre des chevaliers under the Alire imprint in 1999. He also writes works for young adults, and published Le Mage des fourmis with Mediaspaul in 1995. He received the Aurora Award for best novel in 1997.
He has collaborated with the Quebec author Élisabeth Vonarburg, and regularly collaborates with Jean-Louis Trudel under the collective name Laurent McAllister.
