Suzanne Martel is a French-Canadian author. She was born Suzanne Chouinard on October 8th, 1924 in Quebec city, Canada and currently resides in Montreal, Canada. She is the wife of Maurice Martel and together they have six sons and six grandchildren. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...

She is the author of several award-winning books. Her book 'Jeanne, Fille du Roy' (translated as 'The King's Daughter), is widely used in high schools in Quebec. Her book 'Une belle journee pour mourir' won the governor general's award for litterature in 1994.She has won numerous other awards including:

1. Governor-General's Literary Awards (1994, Une belle journée pour mourire)
2. The Canada Council Children's Literature Prize (1982, Nos amis robots)
3. Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award (1981, The King's Daughter)
4. Air Canada Prize (1979 for a news story)
5. Canadian Authors' Association Awards Program Vicky Metcalf Body of Work Award (1974)
6. Alvine-Bélisle ASTED Prize (1974, Jeanne, Fille du Roi)
7. Province of Quebec Prize (1968, Lis-moi la baleine)
8. First Château Prize (1967, Fille du Roi)
9. Federal Centenial Prize (1967, Un trop bon diable)
10. ACELF Prize (1962, Surréal 3000; 1963, Lis-moi la baleine; 1979, Nos amis robots)

Her books have been translated into several languages including Spanish and Japanese.

Her books include (in no particular order, English titles given in parenthesis if any):

1. Jeanne, Fille du Roy (The King's daughter)
2. Marguerite Bourgeois
3. Menfou Carcajou
4. Les chemins d'eau
5. Une belle journee pour mourir
6. La baie du Nord
7. Nos Amis Robots (Robot Alert)
8. Surreal 3000 {originally 'Quatre montrealais dans l'an 3000} (The City Underground)
9. Titralak, Cadet de l'espace
10. Un orchestre dans l'espace
11. Pi-Oui (Peewee)
12. Contes de Noel
13. L'enfant de lumiere
14. Lis-moi la baleine {Illustrated by her son Eric}
15. Tout sur Noel {Activity book}
16. Marmitons {cookbook}
17. Goute a tout {cookbook}

She is also the author of a series of books called the Montcorbier series, devellopped with her little sister, Monique Corriveau who was also an author, when they were children. Those published are the first ones, in order:

1. Les aigles d'argent Boréal. 1999.
2. La musique de la lune - 1919 . Boréal. 1998.
3. Arnaud de Moncorbier - 1914 . Boréal. 1997.
4. Première armes - 1918 . Fides. 1979.
5. L'apprentisage d'Arahéé (. Fides. 1979.
6. A la découverte du Gotal (prelude). Fides. 1979

Another dozen or so were self-published for the family only. Her memoirs, in five tomes, were also printed for the family and close friends.

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