Hélène Desputeaux (French: [elɛn depyto]; born July 10, 1959) is a Canadian educator, writer and illustrator from Quebec.
With writer Christine L'Heureux, she created and illustrated the character Caillou, who has appeared in a series of children's books and a television series.
[1] Desputeaux and the publisher Éditions Chouette went to court to resolve a dispute over the ownership of the Caillou character.
A Quebec arbitrator found that the character was jointly owned.
[4] Desputeaux married children's author Michel Aubin; they have two daughters.