Jean-Louis was a frequent guest at Con*Cept. I also knew him through his work with CSFFA which awards the Aurora and Bor\u00e9al.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He was only 58 when he died recently in Lithuania, where he was working as an author in residence.\u00a0 \u00a0 –Cathypl<\/em><\/p>\n from Wikipedia fran\u00e7ais and in English below.<\/p>\n N\u00e9 le 10 juillet 1967, Jean-Louis Trudel est dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 en physique, en astronomie, et en histoire et philosophie des sciences. Depuis 1994, il a sign\u00e9 28 livres sous son nom, dont deux romans de science-fiction, deux recueils et vingt-quatre livres pour la jeunesse. Il a \u00e9galement cosign\u00e9 cinq livres et plusieurs r\u00e9cits avec Yves Meynard sous le nom de plume Laurent McAllister.<\/p>\n En collaboration avec Paula Johanson, il a r\u00e9uni une anthologie de nouvelles, Tesseracts 7, pour l\u2019\u00e9diteur canadien-anglais Tesseract Books en 1999. Ses nouvelles en fran\u00e7ais sont parues dans Imagine… et Solaris, et dans d\u2019autres revues ou collectifs, au Canada comme en Europe. Ses nouvelles en anglais sont parues dans des anthologies au Canada et aux \u00c9tats-Unis, ainsi que dans des revues comme ON SPEC et Prairie Fire. Il s\u2019adonne aussi \u00e0 la traduction et \u00e0 la critique litt\u00e9raire.<\/p>\n Il a obtenu le Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois en 2001, plus un Prix Bor\u00e9al et plusieurs Prix Aurora. Il a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 vice-pr\u00e9sident puis pr\u00e9sident de SF Canada, l’association canadienne des \u00e9crivains de science-fiction. Il a organis\u00e9 plusieurs fois le congr\u00e8s Bor\u00e9al, un rassemblement annuel de cr\u00e9ateurs et d\u2019amateurs francophones de science-fiction ou de fantastique au Canada qui remet les Prix Bor\u00e9al.<\/p>\n \u00c0 partir de 2004, Jean-Louis Trudel enseigne l\u2019histoire \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9 de cours au D\u00e9partement des sciences historiques \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Laval entre 2020 et 2023[1].<\/p>\n Jean-Louis Trudel meurt le 17 novembre 2025 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 58 ans alors qu’il se trouve en r\u00e9sidence d’auteur \u00e0 Vilnius en Lituanie[2].<\/p>\n Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 \u2013 November 18, 2025) was a Canadian science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec in 2010. He taught history part-time at the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n While he wrote mainly in French, he authored a few stories in English, published in such venues as Asimov’s Science Fiction (January-February 2020), On Spec and Tales of the Shadowmen. Other stories in English and other languages (Greek, Portuguese, Italian, Russian) have appeared in translation.<\/p>\n Most of his books, for adults and young adults, are science fiction, but a few titles may also be classed as fantasy. A long-time contributor to Solaris magazine, he is also a science-fiction critic and historian.<\/p>\n Under the collective name Laurent McAllister, Trudel and Yves Meynard have written three young adult books as part of an ongoing series, as well as several stories.<\/p>\n He received several literary distinctions, including the “Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois” in 2001 and several Prix Aurora awards.[1]<\/p>\n Trudel died on November 18, 2025, at the age of 58.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 \u2013 November 18, 2025) Jean-Louis was a frequent guest at Con*Cept. I also knew him through his work with CSFFA which awards the Aurora and Bor\u00e9al.\u00a0 He was only 58 when he died recently in Lithuania, where he was working as an author in residence.\u00a0 \u00a0 –Cathypl from Wikipedia fran\u00e7ais and in … Continue reading Jean-Louis Trudel (1967 \u2013 November 18, 2025)<\/span>