Lise Tremblay

Lise Tremblay (born 13 June 1957) is a French Canadian novelist.

Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her first awards were presented at the Saguenay-Lac. St Jean book festival for her 1990 debut novel L'hiver de pluie. Her 1999 novel, La danse juive won that year's Governor General's Award for fiction.

In recent years, she has been teaching literature in Montreal at Cégep du Vieux Montréal.

Awards and recognition

 * 1999: fiction winner, Governor General's Award, La danse juive
 * 2003: Grand prix du livre de Montréal, La héronnière
 * 2004: Prix des libraires du Québec, La héronnière
 * 2004: Prix Jean-Hamelin, La héronnière