Author Jocelyne Saucier

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Jocelyne Saucier lives in northern Quebec, a Francophone province in Canada. She has published five novels: La vie comme une image (1996), Les héritiers de la mine (2000), Jeanne sur les routes (2006), Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2011) and À train perdu (2020). She has won many awards for Il pleuvait des oiseaux; it was translated into 15 languages and adapted into a screenplay. Three of her novels are available in German: À train perdu (Was dir bleibt), Il pleuvait des oiseaux (Ein Leben mehr) and Les héritiers de la mine (Niemals ohne sie).