Verreault, Mélissa

Biography

Mélissa Verreault is a writer, translator, and teacher, fluent in French, English and Italian. She has a master’s degree in creative writing from UQAM. Known for her audacious storytelling, Mélissa Verreault won the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec prize in 2013 for her short story collection Point d’équilibre. The Tarantula Nebula is her fifth novel.