Katia Canciani

{{Infobox person

| name = Katia Canciani

| image = Katia Canciani - CATC .jpg

| caption = Canciani at Canadian Aviation Training Centre
Southport, Manitoba (1994)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|2|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Blainville, Quebec

| nationality = Canadian

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|

| occupation = Writer, aviator

| employer = Transport Canada

| notable_works = Pet et Répète

| children = 3

| awards = Governor General’s Literary Award

| website = {{URL|katiacanciani.com}}

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Katia Canciani (born February 16, 1971) is a Canadian writer and aviator originally from Blainville, Quebec. She was awarded the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration for the novel Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire at the 2020 Governor General's Awards.{{Cite news|last=Létourneau|first=Sophie|date=June 1, 2021|title=Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les lauréats sont connus|language=fr-CA|work=Le Journal de Montréal|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/06/01/prix-litteraires-du-gouverneur-general-les-laureats-sont-connus-1|access-date=September 15, 2021}}

Biography

Katia Canciani was born in 1971 to a Breton mother who emigrated to Canada at the age of six, and to a Gascon father who went to Canada to visit Expo 67 in Montreal. She grew up in the city of Blainville, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec.{{Cite web|date=May 14, 2020|title=Katia Canciani, pilote et écrivaine|url=https://aerovision.org/katia-canciani-pilote-et-ecrivaine/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=aerovision.org|language=fr-CA}} She left home at 17 years old to pursue her studies at the Centre Québécois de Formation Aéronautique du Cégep de Chicoutimi where she obtained her professional pilot's license in 1991. She taught flight and aerobatics in Manitoba until 1995, then in Quebec in the summer of 1997.{{Cite web|title=Katia canciani écrivaine. Katia Canciani est l'auteure de plusieurs livres|url=https://katiacanciani.com/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Katia Canciani|language=fr-CA}}

Canciani lived in Ottawa, Ontario for several years and worked for Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation’s Contingency and Emergency Planning division.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 1, 2021|title=Pet et Répète : la véritable histoire primé aux LivresGG|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1797590/prix-gg-litterature-jeunesse-pet-repete-veritable-histoire-livre-enfant-gouverneur-general-katia-canciani-guillaume-perreault|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Radio-Canada|language=fr-ca}} In 2019, she was elected Chair of the NATO Transport Group Civil Aviation (TGCA), for a three-year term.{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Transport|date=2019-09-05|title=Katia Canciani elected Chair of the NATO Transport Group Civil Aviation|url=https://tc.canada.ca/en/katia-canciani-elected-chair-nato-transport-group-civil-aviation|access-date=2021-09-15|website=AECAD 15679632|language=en-CA}} She currently resides in Brussels, Belgium.

Works

Canciani has authored more than 47 novels and children's books. Her first novel, Un jardin en Espagne was published in 2006 and was a finalist for the Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada.{{Cite web|title=Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada 2007|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/prixdeslecteurs/archives/2007/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218205313/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/prixdeslecteurs/archives/2007/|archive-date=February 18, 2014|language=fr-CA}} Her novel 178 secondes, was winner of the 2010 Prix littéraire des enseignants du Québec in the novel 15 years and over category.{{Cite web|title=Prix littéraires des enseignants AQPF-ANEL 2010 {{!}} AQPF|url=https://aqpf.qc.ca/prix-litteraires-des-enseignants-aqpf-anel-2010/|access-date=2021-09-22|language=fr-CA}} She has also published Lettre à Saint-Exupéry, an epistolary novel in which she recounts her journey as a writer, pilot, and mother.{{Cite news|date=September 24, 2014|title=Katia Canciani raconte Saint-Exupéry|language=fr-CA|work=Journal Accès|url=https://www.journalacces.ca/katia-canciani-raconte-saint-exupery/|access-date=September 22, 2021}}

= Novels =

2006 – Un jardin en Espagne. Retour au Généralife (David) {{ISBN|9782895972822}}
2009 – Lettre à Saint-Exupéry (Fides) {{ISBN|9782762130195}}
2015 – 178 secondes (David) {{ISBN|9782895974536}}

= Children's books =

2007 – Riquili apprend à compter (Bouton D’or Acadie) {{ISBN|9782923518183}}
2007 – Crinière au vent: Si j’avais un poney... (Hurtubise) {{ISBN|9782894289723}}
2007 – Samuel la tornade (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895791478}}
2008 – Poussièra (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895792185}}
2008 – Crinière au vent: Un camp mystère... (Hurtubise) {{ISBN|9782896471256}}
2008 – Kimmy la lune (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895792208}}
2008 – Le château qui puait trop (Bouton D’or Acadie) {{ISBN|9782923518282}}
2008 – Riquili apprend les voyelles (Bouton D’or Acadie) {{ISBN|9782923518305}}
2009 – La princesse Pop Corn (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895792451}}
2009 – Riquili apprend les consonnes (Bouton D’or Acadie) {{ISBN|9782923518534}}
2009 – Frédéric le méli-mêlé (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895792369}}
2009 – La grande bataille (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895798378}}
2010 – Crinière au vent: Poney en cavale (Hurtubise) {{ISBN|9782896473052}}
2010 – La bataille au sommet (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895793090}}
2010 – Rosalie la ronde (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895793021}}
2010 – Karim le kaki (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895793281}}
2010 – Girofle déménage (ERPI) {{ISBN|9782761332316}}
2010 – Le secret des diamants (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782761332316}}
2011 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: Les baleines des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794059}}
2011 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: La potion du Grand Nord (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794066}}
2012 – Un écureuil coquin (ERPI) {{ISBN|9782761344173}}
2012 – La bataille d’oreillers (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794318}}
2012 – Léon la cible (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794479}}
2012 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: Les crapauds de Fort Lennox (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794455}}
2012 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: La lumière de New York (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794448}}
2012 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: Le talisman du Mexique (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794073}}
2012 – Les aventures de Sam Chicotte: Le trèfle d’Irlande (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895794080}}
2013 – La bataille des plaines (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895795148}}
2013 – Billy la bulle: Mon meilleur ami (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895795438}}
2013 – Pilote en détresse (Magazine "J'aime lire" en France)
2014 – L’envolée d’Antoine (l’Isatis) {{ISBN|9782924309070}}
2014 – Le Dromadaire au nez rouge (Soulières) {{ISBN|9782896072736}}
2015 – Le voyage en Chine (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895796374}}
2015 – Courage, Dafné! (Ma Bulle) {{ISBN|9782924472057}}
2015 – Mirmaëlle, fée des dents: Une mission sans peur (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782895796770}}
2015 – Pique la lune (l’Isatis) {{ISBN|9782924309483}}
2016 – Mirmaëlle, fée des dents: Un Noël surprenant (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782897700423}}
2017 – Théo, apprenti détective (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782897700706}}
2018 – L’attaque du Voletor (Magazine "J'aime lire" en France)
2018 – L’attaque du Griffetor (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782897701222}}
2019 – Le multiplicator de Pâques (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782897702281}}
2019 – La cabane (Bouton d'or Acadie) {{ISBN|9782897501471}}
2019 – Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire (Fonfon) {{ISBN|9782924984123}}
2019 – Sonia d’Or, 1. Si j’avais un poney… (Hachette) {{ISBN|9782017079262}}
2019 – Sofia et le marchand ambulant (Les 400 coups) {{ISBN|9782895407775}}
2019 – Édouard, chausseurs de monstres: Le multiplicator de Pâques (Bayard) {{ISBN|9782897702281}}
2020 – Sonia d'Or, 2. Un camp mystère (Hachette) {{ISBN|9782017164333}}
2020 – The Ice Shack (Breakwater Books) {{ISBN|9781550818505}}