Originally from France, Élisabeth Vonarburg moved to Quebec in 1973 and received her Canadian citizenship 3 years later.
Élisabeth has been pivotal in promoting
SF in Canada. She was editor of Solaris
for 11 years where she helped launch the careers of many of Quebec's best SF
authors. She was also responsible for the first Quebecois SF convention in
1979. Élisabeth has received numerous honours and awards. Here is
just a couple; Her novel In the Mothers' Land
won a Prix Aurora Award,
a Philip K. Dick Special Award
and was a runner-up for the James Tiptree Award.
Her novel The
Reluctant Voyagers, was a finalist for the 1995 Philip
K. Dick Award. Élisabeth's latest work is Dreams
of the Sea which is the English translation of her award
winning Les Rêves de la Mer.
Look for Elisabeth's newest book,
Dreams
of the Sea
Now Available from Edge
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