Marie-Renée Lavoie

Marie-Renée Lavoie (born February 21, 1974, in Quebec City) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.^[1] She is most noted for her 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, which won the 2012 edition of Le Combat des livres.^[2]

Mister Roger and Me, an English translation of La petite et le vieux by Wayne Grady, was published in 2012.^[3]

Her second novel, Autopsie d'une femme plate, was published in 2017,^[4] and the English translation Autopsy of a Boring Wife followed in 2019.^[5] A sequel novel, Diane demande un recomptage, was published in 2020,^[6] with the English translation A Boring Wife Settles the Score released in 2021.^[7]

Some Maintenance Required, an English translation of her 2018 novel Les chars meurent aussi, is slated for publication in 2022.^[8]

La petite et le vieux was adapted by Patrice Sauvé into the 2024 film Blue Sky Jo.^[9]