Marie Hélène Poitras

Born in 1975, Marie Hélène Poitras published her first novel, Soudain le Minotaure, in 2002. A year later, she received the Prix Anne-Hébert at the Salon du livre de Paris for this book, which was also a finalist for the Prix de l’Académie. Her writing has appeared in a number of journals: Moebius, Dubref, Lettres québécoises, Voir, P-45. Marie Hélène Poitras holds a Master’s Degree in Literary Studies. She divides her time between writing short stories and her new trade as a cab driver.