“When you write science fiction you feed from the work of many other fantastic people.” –Michèle Laframboise

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Michèle found Sheri S. Tepper’s Grass totally engrossing; she especially enjoyed the well-drawn secondary characters, the planet itself, which was like a character, and how she managed multiple story lines.

Tepper started to write later in life. Many of her stories have an ecological perspective and her awareness of the overpopulation issues informs much of her writing.

Without discovering Tepper, Michèle wouldn’t have ever begun as a writer, she says. And it goes even deeper. “I know that after reading Grass, I am a better human being,” Michèle adds.

They discuss the vibrancy of the science fiction and fantasy field in Quebec, and Michele recommends fellow writers Élisabeth Vonarburg, Yves Meynard, and Jean Louis Trudel.

And they talk about the vagaries of the publishing business. Much like Mark, Michèle got into self-publishing when the publisher of her first three novels closed up shop.