Florence Cadier
French writer (born 1956)
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Biography
Cardier was born in Orléans, France, in 1956. She has worked as a journalist, and began to write children's literature in 1995.[1][2]
My Parents are Getting Divorced with Melissa Daly was published in English in 2004 by Amulet Books as part of the Sunscreen self-help series aimed at teenagers.[3][4] A review in the School Library Journal described it as "a great, upbeat book, giving wise advice in a voice that speaks to kids", although said it was unfortunate that "all but one of the titles in the bibliography are in French".[5] Booklist praised it for its "conversational and warm" tone and "solid, reassuring advice".[6]
Cadier's 2009 novel Le Rêve de Sam received the 5th/4th level prize of the Dévoreurs de livres award, elected by students and teachers in Eure.[7] It also received the Literary Al Terre Ado prize at the Hermillon Book Fair,[1][8] and the Prix Ados en colère at the 2010 Salon du livre d'expression populaire et de critique sociale d'Arras (a book fair held in Arras).[9] In 2011 Cadier received the Randell Cottage Writers' Residency and spent six months in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] During this residency she wrote the novel L'Ombre d'un père.[10] Her 2015 collection of short stories, Contre courant, focuses on the theme of civil disobedience from a humanist perspective.[11]
Her 2023 novel Né coupable was about the trial of George Stinney and was supported by Amnesty International.[12] It received the 5th/4th prize at the Prix des Incorruptibles awards, elected by young readers,[13] and the Prix littéraire des jeunes Caladois awarded by young people of Villefranche-sur-Saône.[14]
Selected works
- My Parents are Getting Divorced: How to Keep It Together When Your Mom and Dad Are Splitting Up (Abrams/Amulet, 2004) with Melissa Daly; translated from French by Jackie Strachan and Jane Moseley, illustrated by Claire Gandini[5][6]
- Le Rêve de Sam (Gallimard Jeunesse, 2009)[10]
- L’été des amours (Oslo, 2011)[1]
- L'Ombre d'un père (Thierry Magnier, 2013)
- Contre courant (Le Muscadier, 2015)[11]
- Dans l'ourlet de nos jupes (Talents Hauts, 2017)
- Né coupable (Talents Hauts, 2023)[12]