Francine Pelletier (born 25 April 1959 in Laval, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian science fiction writer, whose work often features strong female protagonists.

She has been a winner of several literary prizes for science fiction, including the Prix Aurora Award.

[3] She wrote her first youth novel, Le Rendez-vous du désert, at the insistence of Daniel Sernine, the literary director of Jeunesse Pop, an imprint of Paulines.

[2] She attended the sixth International Science Fiction and Imaginary Week held in Roanne, France in 1989.

[2] Pelletier has said she enjoys the work of fellow science fiction authors Ursula K. Le Guin, Esther Rochon, Joan D. Vinge, and Connie Willis.