Penny’s first novel, Still Life, came second in the “Debut Dagger” competition but went on to win four other awards. Louise Penny says Michael “was not only the inspiration for the books, but he made them possible.”Īfter marrying Michael, Penny left CBC and started writing. But despite that 25-year gap, the two got married in 1996, and the story that followed was one filled with love and success. When they met, Louise was 35, and Michael was 60. On a blind date in 1994, Penny met Michael Whitehead, a Montreal pediatric hematologist and scientist. Louise Penny at 2018 National Book Festival. Louise attended Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson Polytechnical Institute then), where she, aged 21, graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Radio and Television) in 1979.Īfter earning her degree, she started working as a radio host and journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a career that would last 18 years. Louise Penny’s mother was an avid reader and enjoyed both fiction and non-fiction, so Louise Penny grew up reading mystery novels by female writers, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. She mostly writes mystery novels, and her stories, which follow Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, are set in Quebec. The Canadian novelist was born in Toronto, Canada, on July 1, 1958.
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