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Esther Rochon (née Blackburn, born 27 June 1948) is a Canadian science fiction writer.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the daughter of screenwriter Marthe Blackburn and composer Maurice Blackburn. At the age of 16, she won the Governor General First Prize for a short story in the Young Author's contest of Radio Canada, where she tied with Michel Tremblay. Rochon studied Mathematics at the Université de Montréal.

She has won the Quebec Science Fiction Fantasy Grand Prix four times.

Selected bibliography

• En hommage aux araignées — 1974
• L'épuisement du soleil — 1985
• Coquillage — 1987 (translated as The Shell, 1990)
• L'espace du diamant — 1991

References

1. ^ "Rochon Esther". www.alire.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
2. "SFE: Rochon, Esther". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

Bibliography

• W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 983.

External links

• Esther Rochon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Alire

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