Marie-Louise Gay (born June 17, 1952) is a Canadian children's writer and illustrator.
From 1987 to 2015, she won the annual Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award four times, all for books that she also wrote.
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Background
Gay was born in Quebec City and lived in Montreal and Vancouver as a child. She has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple Governor General's Awards, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Canadian Library Association Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. Gay lives in Montreal.
David Homel and Gay were husband and wife as of 2010. They had co-written two longer books, published with her black-and-white illustrations, Travels With My Family (2006) and On the Road Again! (2008), a novel. At the time, she said, "For the last twenty-five years, I have mainly been writing, illustrating and creating only for children."
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Works
Stella and Sam
Her famous Stella and Sam books have been published in more than twelve languages. They spawned a 52-episode cartoon series in 2013 that airs on Sprout and Family Junior.
Stella series
- Stella, Star of the Sea (1999)
- Stella, Queen of the Snow (2000)
- Stella, Fairy of the Forest (2002)
- Stella, Princess of the Sky (2004)
- When Stella Was Very, Very, Small (2009)
- Read Me A Story, Stella (2013)
Sam series
Sam is Stella's younger brother
- Good Morning, Sam (2003)
- Good Night, Sam (2003)
- What Are You Doing, Sam? (2006)
Other
As illustrator only
Awards
- Rainy Day Magic (1987) - Governor General's Award for English Language Children's Illustration
- Moonbeam On A Cat's Ear (1987) - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
- Rainy Day Magic (1988) - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
- Yuck, A Love Story (2000) - Governor General's Award for English Language Children's Illustration
- Stella: Queen of the Snow (2001) - Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award
- Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! (2011) - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
- Any Questions (2014) - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
References
External links
- (in French) Marie-Louise Gay fonds at Library and Archives Canada, with text "Biography / Administrative history"
- Marie-Louise Gay at Library of Congress Authorities, with 32 catalogue records
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