Author
Paulette Bourgeois
20 July 1951
Paulette Bourgeois was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1974, she received a BSc in Occupational Therapy from the University of Western Ontario. She worked as an occupational therapist for three years, then enrolled in Carleton University to study Journalism. She worked as a reporter in Ottawa, then worked as a freelance journalist in Washington DC. In 1983 she moved to Toronto. In 1986, she wrote her first children's book, Franklin in the Dark, which was the beginning of her most well-known series of books. In 2003, she became a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2009, she received a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She currently lives in Toronto.
Bibliography
Books
30 books
Franklin Goes to the Hospital (Franklin)
2000
Paulette Bourgeois, Sharon Jennings, Brenda Clark, Cristina Bertran
Franklin and the Tooth Fairy (Franklin the Turtle)
1995
Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, Paulette Bouregois
