Sylvie Weil (born 1942) is a French professor and writer.
[2] Weil never met her aunt, who died shortly after she was born.
[5][3] In 2002, Weil won the Prix Sorcières, a prize for French-language children's literature, for her novel Le Mazal d'Elvina.
[6][7] The English translation, My Guardian Angel, was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers in 2004, and the sequel Elvina's Mirror was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers in 2010.
The Sydney Taylor awards recognize distinguished contributions to Jewish children's literature.