Stéfanie Clermont

Stéfanie Clermont (born April 24, 1988) is a Canadian writer,^[1] who published her debut novel Le jeu de la musique in 2017.^[2]

Clermont in 2017.

The novel was published in an English translation, The Music Game, in 2022.^[3]

Biography

Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Clermont won a children's poetry contest sponsored by the Ottawa Public Library in 2001, in the ages 12–14 division.^[4] After completing high school, she travelled throughout Canada and the United States before settling in Montreal in 2012.^[2]

Awards and honours

Le jeu de la musique won the Prix de l'Œuvre de la relève from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec^[5] and the Prix Adrienne-Choquette^[6] in 2018. It was a competing title in the 2018 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by comedian Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques.^[7]