Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Toronto-based 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. She also enjoys doing translation and corporate writing of youth-oriented material for such clients as the Dairy Producers 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 lives in Toronto, Canada, with her husband, two grown children, five extra fluffy cats, two birds and hundreds of fish.