Danielle Marcotte

{{short description|Canadian writer living in Quebec (born 1950)}}

{{Infobox writer

|name = Danielle Marcotte

|image = DMarcotte161107.jpg

|birth_date = April 1950

|birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

|nationality = Canadian

|genre = Children's books

}}

Danielle Marcotte (born April 1950) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Montreal and received a bachelor's degree in literature and a master's degree in adult education. Marcotte has worked in media relations, journalism, teaching, editing and communications.{{cite web |url=http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/marcotte-danielle-669/ |title=Marcotte, Danielle |publisher= Infocentre littéraire des écrivains |language=fr}} From 2004 to 2009, she was responsible for promoting reading for the Department of Education in the Swiss Canton of Jura.

Marcotte married the Swiss politician {{ill|Pierre-Alain Gentil|fr}}, who died in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://archivescantonales.jura.ch/detail.aspx?ID=218076 |title=Gentil, Pierre-Alain, 1925-2008 (Fonds) |publisher=State Archives Jura |language=fr}} She returned to Quebec in autumn 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.communication-jeunesse.qc.ca/repertoires/createurs/fiches.php?id=53-56-3821 |title=Danielle Marcotte |work=L'abécédaire des créateurs |publisher=Communication-Jeunesse |language=fr}}