Meet Michèle

 

Michèle Laframboise feeds coffee grounds to her garden plants, runs long distances and writes full-time in Mississauga, ON. Fascinated by science and nature since she could walk, Michèle draws from her scientific background to create worlds filled with humour, invention, and wonder.

So far, she has published 20 novels and 90+ short stories in magazines, among those Asimov’s, Analog, Future SF, Abyss & Apex, OnSpec, Solaris and Galaxies. A multi-award-winning author and comic artist, Michèle creates a wide range of literary flavors, from hard-to-soft chocolate SF to romances and contemporary women's fictions celebrating friendship. All those will stay with you for a long time!

As publishing houses tend to flop behind her like those rope bridges in adventure movies, she runs faster forward, offering more stories through her indie-pub house Echofictions. 

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Born in London to Québécois parents, Michèle Laframboise studied geography at the Université de Montréal and civil engineering at the École Polytechnique before discovering her true calling as a storyteller. A science fiction lover since childhood, she has gone on to publish 20 novels in traditional houses and 90+ short stories in French and English — earning recognition across Canada and Europe along the way.

Her accolades include two Prix Aurora Awards for Best Novel and Best Story in French, a Prix Solaris, and a Governor General's Literary Award nomination. Her work has appeared in some of the most respected speculative fiction publications in the world, among those: Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog SF and Facts, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and in French, Solaris and Galaxies. Her stories have been translated into Italian, Russian and Chinese.

Michèle's indie housed Echofictions has published 45 titles, from her backlist of stories, novels and graphic novels, available in both print and digital formats, in French and English. 

Also a self-taught illustrator, Michèle has created a dozen graphic novels. Drawing from her scientific background, she crafts stories filled with invention, poetry and a deep sense of wonder — worlds you'll wish you could actually visit.

 

Prizes

2026: Prix Solaris pour Emprunt en souffrance

2024 : Prix AAOF de littérature jeunesse 2024 pour Rose du désert

2024: Prix Aurora-Boréal de la meilleure BD pour Ruego

2024: Prix Aurora-Boréal de fan édition, ex-aequo, pour le  blogue Savantefolle.com

2023: Prix Trillium du livre d’enfant pour Le secret de Paloma (Archives)

2010: Prix Solaris pour Monarque des glaces

2009: Prix Aurora du meilleur roman ou recueil en français pour Les Vents de Tammerlan

2006: Prix Solaris pour Le Vol de l’abeille

2005: Prix Aurora de la meilleure nouvelle en français pour Ceux qui ne comptent pas

2005: Prix Aurora du meilleur roman ou recueil en français pour Les Mémoires de l’Arc

2001: Prix Cécile-Gagnon pour le roman Les Nuages de Phœnix

Distinctions

Rose du désert

• Finaliste au Prix Trillium du livre pour enfant 2025
• Finaliste au Prix Champlain 2024-2025

Maitresse des vents (2022, Échofictions)

• Finaliste au prix Boréal 2023, catégorie Romans graphiques

Mistress of the Winds (2022, Échofictions)

•  2023 Aurora Award Finalist, Graphic novel category

Le secret de Paloma (2021, David)

• Finaliste au prix Alain Thomas 2022,
• Finaliste au Prix de l’AAOF 2022

La ruche (2017, Les Six Brumes)

• Finaliste au prix des Horizons Imaginaires 2019

L’écologie d’Odi, (2015. Porte-Bonheur)

• Finaliste au prix Christine Dumetriu Van Saanen 2016

Mica, fille de Transyl, (2012, Vents d’Ouest)

• Finaliste aux Prix Boréal 2013
• Finaliste au Prix de l’Alliance Francaise 2012
• Finaliste aux Prix Trillium du livre pour enfant 2013

Les Vents de Tammerlan (2008, Médiaspaul)

• Finaliste aux Prix littéraires du Gouverneur Général 2009
• Prix Aurora 2009, catégorie meilleur roman en français

La Quête de Chaaas (2007. Médiaspaul)

• Finaliste au Prix Trillium du livre pour enfant 2009
• Finaliste au Prix des lecteurs 15-18 ans Radio-Canada et Centre Fora