Arlette Cousture
Arlette Cousture,  (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec. Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language. Early life

Cousture was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from collège Sainte-Marie. Career
As a young woman, Cousture worked at Radio-Canada television. She later worked in radio and as a journalist. She worked in communications at Hydro Quebec. In the 1980s Cousture wrote a pair of best-selling novels, Les filles de Caleb, about the life of a young teacher in rural Quebec. The stories later became the basis of a television series and were translated into English. Cousture later wrote more stories about the novels' heroine, Emilie. In the 1990s Cousture wrote a two-volume story, Ces Enfants d'ailleurs, about a Polish family's move to Canada during World War II. Awards and honours
In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2012, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. References

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1948 births
Living people
Screenwriters from Quebec
Officers of the Order of Canada
Canadian screenwriters in French
Canadian women screenwriters
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
People from Saint-Lambert, Quebec