[1] One of the most prominent writers in Franco-Ontarian literature,[2] she was most noted for her 1994 novel Le Livre de déraison, which won the Grand Prix du Salon du livre de Toronto in 1994.
[3] Born and raised in Saint-Prosper, Quebec, she spent her adult life in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband, historian and academic René Dionne.
[1] She published 13 books throughout her career, including novels, short stories, poetry and non-fiction writing.
In a 2000 review of a reissue of her early novel Un cri trop grand, Stefan Psenak praised her writing about women characters who were able to be both sensible and passionate.
[4] She was a three-time Trillium Book Award nominee, receiving nods for La Couronne d'oubli in 1991,[5] for Le Livre de déraison in 1995.