Simon Roy (14 June 1968 – 15 October 2022) was a Canadian author.

He was also a professor of literature at the Collège Lionel-Groulx for more than thirty years.

Born on 14 June 1968 in Saint-Alexis, Roy married Marianne Marquis-Gravel, with whom he had two children, Romane and Colin.

[2][3][4] Roy died of brain cancer on 15 October 2022, at the age of 54.

[5] His relationship with Marquis-Gravel in the final months of his life was the subject of Simon and Marianne (Simon et Marianne), a 2024 documentary film by Pier-Luc Latulippe and Martin Fournier.