Sylvie Bérard

{{Short description|Canadian academic and science fiction writer}}

Sylvie Bérard (born 1965) is a Canadian academic and science fiction writer.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berard_sylvie |title=Bérard, Sylvie |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction}}

Born in Montreal, she studied semiotics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to lecture for the Department of French and perform post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto.{{cite web |url=http://www.math.yorku.ca/Who/Faculty/Brettler/public_html/berard.html |title=Sylvie Bérard |publisher=York University}} She later lectured on Quebec literature at Trent University; she also was director of the Department of languages and modern literature.{{cite web |url=http://www.crsdd.uqam.ca/Pages/docs/08-2012.pdf |title=La science-fiction: de la perspective à la prospective |publisher=Université du Québec à Montréal}}

Bérard began publishing short stories in 1987. Her short story "La Guerre sans temps" received a Prix Aurora Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.revue-solaris.com/pour-les-ecrivains/prix-litteraires-sfq/prix-aurora-awards/ |title=Prix Aurora |publisher=Revue Solaris}}{{in lang|fr}} She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals. She is also a member of the editorial board for the journal XYZ.

Selected works<ref name=sf/>

Elle meurt à la fin, novel (1993) with Brigitte Caron
Les 50 romans d'amour qu'il faut lire (1996) with Julia Bettinotti and Gaëlle Jeanneson
Terre des Autres (2004), translated as Of Wind and Sand (2009), received the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada
La Saga d'Illyge (2011), nominated for an Aurora award{{cite web |url=http://congresboreal.ca/prixauroraboreal/2012/ |title=Nominations, Prix Aurora/Boréal 2012 |work=Prix Aurora Awards}}{{in lang|fr}}