Stéphane Poulin

Stéphane Poulin (born 1961) is a Canadian children's book author and illustrator living in Quebec.

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and studied graphic arts at Collège Ahuntsic. In 1983, Poulin received honourable mention as children's book illustrator in a competition held by Communication-Jeunesse. The following year, he was awarded "Best in Show." In 1985, he published his first book ''ah belle cité!/a beautiful city: abc''; the paintings used to illustrate the book were shown at the Galerie l'Art Français in Montreal. His 1986 books ''Album de famille'' and ''As-tu vu Joséphine?'' received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration. ''Album de famille'' also received the Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles de littérature de jeunesse. In 1989, he received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. Provided by Wikipedia