Corinne De Vailly

Corinne De Vailly (born September 10, 1959) is a French-born Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and came to Quebec with her family in 1973. She studied literature at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent and worked as a freelance journalist for various literary publications of Quebecor and Québec-Mag. In 1986, she became bureau chief and reporter for the program Le Petit Journal, an information show for young people, at Télévision Quatre-Saisons.

De Vailly has written a number of novels for young people as well as informative books. Her series Celtina, Emrys, and Phoenix, détective du Temps were very popular.

Selected works Miss Catastrophe, youth novel (1993) Top Model, youth novel (1997) Chimères, novel with Normand Lester (2002) Verglas, novel with Normand Lester (2006) Celtina, youth novel series (2006-2010) Phoenix, détective du Temps, series (2006-2010) Mon premier livre de contes du Québec (2009), finalist for the Prix jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal Emrys, youth novel series (2010-2014) Mélusine et Philémon, series (2012-2013) Les Orchidées de Staline, novel with Normand Lester (2017)