Caroline Merola
Canadian illustrator and author
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Montreal, Quebec |
Genre | comic book, children's book |
Caroline Merola (born 1962) is a Canadian illustrator and author living in Quebec.
Life
Merola was born in Montreal, Quebec and received a college-level diploma in plastic arts from the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and a bachelor's degree in fine art from Concordia University.[1]
Her children's books have been translated into English, Czech and Arabic.[2]
She was host for the Télé-Métropole program Plexi-Mag and she contributed to the magazine Titanic.[3]
In 1990, Merola received the Prix Onésime [fr] for Ma Meteor bleue. In 1999, her Le rêve du collectionneur received the Prix Coup de Coeur at the Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec [fr].[1]
Selected works
- Cent Dangers, comic book (1986)
- La maison truquée, comic book (1994)
- Le Rêve du collectionneur, comic book (1994)
- Le roi des loups, children's book (1998)
- N'aie pas peur, Nic, children's book (2001), finalist for a Mr. Christie's Book Award
- L'Amateur, comic book (2003)
- La vache qui lit, children's book (2004)
- Une nuit en ville, children's book (2007)
- Lili et les poilus, children's book (2011), received a Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration[4][3][1]
- La périlleuse aventure de la petite bestiole (2019)
References
- ^ a b c "Caroline Merola" (in French). Communication-Jeunesse. Archived from the original on 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
- ^ "Caroline Merola" (in French). Les Éditions de la Bagnole.
- ^ a b "Caroline Merola" (in French). Les Éditions du Boréal.
- ^ "Caroline Merola". Salon du livre de l'Outaouais (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2017-04-08.