Roch Carrier OC FRSC (born 13 May 1937) is a French Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story).

Also involved in theatre (having served as playwright at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde), Carrier has adapted La guerre, yes sir!

The trilogy consisting of these two novels and Il est par là, le soleil sold better in English than in French.

The story, about when Carrier was a young boy who orders a Montreal Canadiens sweater from the Eaton's catalogue, but receives a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey instead, is considered by many to be a literary allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between English and French Canadians, and is thus considered essential reading for anybody who seeks to understand the complex realities of linguistic and cultural identity in Canada.

[2] Heartbreaks Along The Road (De l'amour dans la ferraille) is a work of magical realism - he pokes fun at political and religious figures, using ridiculous scenarios, and exaggerated personality characteristics, while telling the story from different characters' points of view.