Louis Caron

Louis Caron (born July 21, 1942) is a Canadian journalist and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his novels The Draft Dodger (L'Emmitouflé), which won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1977, Le canard de bois, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards, and Les fils de la liberté II: La corne de brume, which was a finalist for the same award at the 1982 Governor General's Awards, and as co-creator and writer of the television drama series He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte).

He worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada and Le Nouvelliste prior to publishing his first novel, L'Illusioniste, in 1973.

Works L'Illusionniste (1973) L'Emmitouflé (1977) Le Bonhomme Sept-heures Le Canard de bois (1981, ) Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume (1982, ) Racontages (1983, ) Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier (1984) Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles (1985) La Vie d'artiste (1987, ) Au fond des mers (1987, ) Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing (1990, ) Les Chemins du Nord . La tuque et le béret (1992–1993, ) Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette (1993, ) Montréal : un parfum d'îles (1994, ) Terre des Inuit (1997, ) Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe (1999, ) Le Corps collectionneur (2000, ) Il n'y a plus d'Amérique (2002, ) Tête heureuse (2005, ) Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire (2015, )