Christine Eddie was born in France, grew up in New Brunswick and now lives in Quebec. She has published several books of fiction including La croisade de Cristale Carton (for children), Parapluies, and Les Carnets de Douglas, which won the 2008 Prix littéraire France-Québec, the 2009 Prix Senghor du Premier Roman francophone, and the Prix Club des Irrésistibles des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal. Les Carnets de Douglas was translated this year by Sheila Fischman as The Douglas Notebooks.
