Maryse Andraos

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Maryse Andraos

| birth_date = 1988

| birth_place = Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, Canada

| nationality = Canadian

| occupation = Writer

| language = French

| education = Université du Québec à Montréal

| notable_works = Sans refuge

| awards = Shortlisted, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction (2022)

}}

Maryse Andraos (born 1988) is a Canadian writer from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec,[https://www.versants.com/montarvilloise-maryse-andraos-gagne-prix-de-nouvelle-radio-canada-2018/ "La Montarvilloise Maryse Andraos gagne le Prix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada 2018"]. Les Versants de Mont-Bruno, April 17, 2018. whose debut novel Sans refuge was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1924084/prix-litteraires-gouverneur-general-dominique-fortier-alain-farah-larry-tremblay-charlotte-biron "Prix du Gouverneur général : Dominique Fortier et Larry Tremblay parmi les finalistes"]. Ici Radio-Canada, October 12, 2022.

The daughter of an Egyptian father and a québécoise mother, she was educated at the Université du Québec à Montréal.Monique Roy, [https://fr.chatelaine.com/art-de-vivre/sans-refuge-un-livre-de-maryse-andraos-la-vie-mode-demploi/ "Sans refuge, un livre de Maryse Andraos : la vie mode d'emploi"]. Châtelaine, May 25, 2021. The novel is an expansion of her earlier short story of the same name,[https://lactualite.com/culture/ce-qui-se-cache-derriere-sans-refuge/ "Ce qui se cache derrière Sans refuge"]. L'actualité, October 20, 2022. which was the winner of Ici Radio-Canada's annual short story prize in 2018.

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