Mylène Gilbert-Dumas

Mylène Gilbert-Dumas (born October 20, 1967) is a Canadian writer living in the Estrie region of Quebec.

[1] She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec and received a bachelor's degree in French language instruction (secondary school) from Laval University.

She taught French in an English school in Quebec for 12 years before returning to Sherbrooke in 2005.

[1] Her first book Les dames de Beauchêne received the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2002 and was a finalist for the Grand prix littéraire Archambault [fr] in 2003.

In 2009, she was writer-in-residence at Berton House Writer's Retreat in Dawson City.