Sylvie Bérard

Sylvie Bérard (born 1965) is a Canadian academic and science fiction writer.

Born in Montreal, she studied semiotics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to lecture for the Department of French and perform post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto. She later lectured on Quebec literature at Trent University; she also was director of the Department of languages and modern literature.

Bérard began publishing short stories in 1987. Her short story "La Guerre sans temps" received a Prix Aurora Award. She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals. She is also a member of the editorial board for the journal XYZ.

Selected works

 * Elle meurt à la fin, novel (1993) with Brigitte Caron
 * Les 50 romans d'amour qu'il faut lire (1996) with Julia Bettinotti and Gaëlle Jeanneson
 * Terre des Autres (2004), translated as Of Wind and Sand (2009), received the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada
 * La Saga d'Illyge (2011), nominated for an Aurora award