Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised children’s author with a background in theatre and broadcasting. She has published over thirty picture books and chapter books, some in French, some in English. Some have even won awards!
When she is not writing books, Mireille works in children’s television as a scriptwriter for various programs and as a voice actor. She also enjoys doing translation and corporate writing of youth-oriented material for such clients as the Dairy Farmers of Canada, General Mills, Scholastic Canada, TFO, Kraft Foods and Via Rail.
On average, Mireille gives one hundred in-person and virtual school presentations per year to French, French immersion and English groups across Canada.
Mireille shares her time between the very big city of Toronto, Ontario, and the very small village of Paradise, Nova Scotia.