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Born and raised in Montreal, now living in Toronto, a husband, father, novelist and screenwriter. As a novelist, John McFetridge’s Montreal series, featuring Constable Édouard ‘Eddie’ Dougherty, has been compared to Joseph Wambaugh and described as, “a fine character study and a vivid...

Jonah Keri is the New York Times-bestselling author of two books: Up, Up, & Away, on the colourful history of the Montreal Expos; and The Extra 2%, the story of the Tampa Bay Rays’ rise from worst to first. He covers baseball and numerous other topics for CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated....

Jonah Keri est l’auteur le plus vendu au New York Times de deux livres: Up, Up, & Away, qui traite l’histoire colorée des Expos de Montréal, et The Extra 2%, l’histoire des Rays de Tampa Bay de la pire à la première. Il couvre le baseball et de nombreux autres sujets pour...

Catherine Leroux est née en 1979. Après avoir exercé divers métiers, dont celui de journaliste, elle a publié en 2011 son premier roman, La marche en forêt, finaliste au Prix des libraires du Québec. Le mur mitoyen, paru deux ans plus tard, a été lauréat du prix France-Québec,...

Catherine Leroux was born in 1979. After practicing various trades, including that of journalism, she published her first novel in 2011, La marche en forêt, a finalist at the Prix des libraires du Québec. Le mur mitoyen, published two years later, was the winner of the France-Quebec Prize,...

Firefighter Patrick is a very passionate foodie and self-taught chef who followed in his French-Canadian family’s traditions of firefighting and cooking from the heart. He has cultivated his love for cooking in the firehouse and, alongside his wife Andrea Lauren, is the proud owner of...

Patrick, sapeur-pompier de métier, est un passionné de gastronomie. Chef autodidacte, il a suivi les traditions de sa famille franco-canadienne en matière de lutte contre les incendies et de cuisine. Il a cultivé son amour pour la cuisine dans la caserne de pompiers. Sa femme, Andrea Lauren, et...

Né à Brossard en 1980, Daniel Grenier est traducteur et romancier. Il a fait paraître trois livres au Quartanier : La solitude de l’écrivain de fond (essai, 2017), L’année la plus longue (roman, 2015, prix littéraire des Collégiens, finaliste aux Prix du Gouverneur général et au Prix...

Daniel Grenier was born in Brossard, Quebec, in 1980. His debut short story collection, Malgré tout on rit à Saint-Henri was published in 2012, and he has translated Anna Leventhal’s Sweet Affliction, Arjun Basu’s Waiting for the Man, and Mireille Silcoff’s Chez L’arabe into French. The...