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edited by Élisabeth Vonarburg & Jane Brierley

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TesseractsQ Over six years in the making, this massive volume brings together the best speculative fiction from Quebec’s premiere authors over the last twenty years. Superbly translated into English to reach new readers, TesseractsQ, includes writing by authors such as: Yves Meynard, Jean Pierre April, Bertrand Bergeron, Jean Dion, Jane Brierley, Élisabeth Vonarburg and others. Jane Brierley Jane Brierley is a Montreal literary translator, writer, editor, and former president of the Literary Translators Association of Canada. Her translations of science fiction stories have appeared in a number of Tesseract’s anthologies, and she has translated three of Élisabeth Vonarburg’s science fiction novels: The Silent City, The Maërlande Chronicles, and Reluctant Voyagers. In 1990 she won the Governor General’s Award for best English translation. TesseractsQ Élisabeth Vonarburg Élisabeth Vonarburg is considered one of Canada’s most accomplished Science Fiction writers. Born in France in 1947, she immigrated to Canada in 1973 and taught French Literature and Writing at various universities in Quebec. More recently, she has been actively involved in the speculative fiction community as a translator, convention organizer, literary editor, and writer. Her novels include The Silent City, Reluctant Voyagers and In the Mothers’ Land (published as The Maërlande Chronicles), the latter winning the Philip K. Dick Special Award in 1993. She has also received over thirty literary awards in France, Canada, and the US, including the 1998 Prix du Conseil québécois de la Femme en littérature, a one-time literary award given by the Quebecois Council for Women’s Affairs on its twentieth anniversary. Her five book series Tyranaël, received three major awards in Quebec: Dreams of the Sea is the English translation of the first book in the acclaimed series. A Game of Perfection  Dreams of the Sea  The Maërlande Chronicles  Reluctant Voyagers  The Silent City  The Slow Engines of Time  TesseractsQ Élisabeth also has stories in Tesseracts volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. "Language is both the worst and the best of things for French-speaking science fiction writers. It prevents them from participating in and contributing to the great world of American science fiction, yet it allows them to develop an original perspective, a voice that is their own." - foreword by Élisabeth Vonarburg -

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