Gail Scott (born 1945) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator,[1] best known for her work in experimental forms such as prose poetry[1] and New Narrative.

[5] Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1945,[6] Scott was raised in a bilingual community in rural Eastern Ontario[4] and educated in English and Modern Languages and French literature at Queen's University and the University of Grenoble, respectively,[6] before moving to Montreal, Quebec in 1967,[2] where she was involved in leftist and indépendantiste movements of the 1970s.

[4] Scott, along with other Québecoise feminist literary theorists like Nicole Brossard and France Théoret, published La théorie, un dimanche, a collection of essays and creative work that explores the gendered writing subject in language.

[7] She has also published translations of Delisle's Helen avec un secret, Lise Tremblay's La danse juive and France Théoret's Laurence.

[11] Her 2023 book Furniture Music won 2024 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation.