Geneviève Côté

Geneviève Côté (born 1964) is a Canadian illustrator living in Montreal, mainly known for her work on children's books.^[1]

She was born in Montreal, Quebec,^[2] and received a bachelor's degree in graphic design from Concordia University in 1987.^[3] Côté has contributed illustrations to various publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Utne Reader^[1] and The Wall Street Journal;^[3] her work has been featured in magazines such as Communication Arts, Print and American Illustration. She has also worked for advertising agencies in Toronto, Montreal and Melbourne.^[1] From 1993 to 1995, Côté was president of the Association des illustrateurs et illustratrices du Québec.^[4]

Selected works

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• La grande aventure d’un petit mouton noir, text by Marie-Danielle Croteau (1999), appeared on the short list for a Governor General's Literary Award
• Le premier printemps du monde, Innu legend, text by Rémy Savard and Catherine Germain (2003), appeared on the short list for a Governor General's Literary Award
• The Lady of Shalott, text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2005), received the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
• La chambre vide, text by Gilles Tibo [fr] (2005)
• La petite rapporteuse de mots, text by Danielle Simard (2007), received the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration and the Prix des Bibliothèques Jeunesse de Montréal, shortlisted for the Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse
• Me and You (2009), appeared on the short list for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
• Sans toi! (2011), appeared on the short list for the Prix des Libraires jeunesse, translated into English as Without You, received the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award^[2]
• Ella May and the Wishing Stone, text by Cary Fagan (2011)

References

External links

• "Official web site".