Caroline Merola

Caroline Merola (born 1962) is a Canadian illustrator and author living in Quebec.

Caroline Merola
Born	1962 (age 62–63) Montreal, Quebec
Genre	comic book, children's book

Life

Merola was born in Montreal, Quebec and received a college-level diploma in plastic arts from the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and a bachelor's degree in fine art from Concordia University.^[1]

Her children's books have been translated into English, Czech and Arabic.^[2]

She was host for the Télé-Métropole program Plexi-Mag and she contributed to the magazine Titanic.^[3]

In 1990, Merola received the Prix Onésime [fr] for Ma Meteor bleue. In 1999, her Le rêve du collectionneur received the Prix Coup de Coeur at the Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec [fr].^[1]

Selected works

• Cent Dangers, comic book (1986)
• La maison truquée, comic book (1994)
• Le Rêve du collectionneur, comic book (1994)
• Le roi des loups, children's book (1998)
• N'aie pas peur, Nic, children's book (2001), finalist for a Mr. Christie's Book Award
• L'Amateur, comic book (2003)
• La vache qui lit, children's book (2004)
• Une nuit en ville, children's book (2007)
• Lili et les poilus, children's book (2011), received a Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration^[4][3][1]
• La périlleuse aventure de la petite bestiole (2019)