Esther Rochon (née Blackburn) (born 27 June 1948) is a Canadian science fiction writer. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the daughter of screenwriter Marthe Blackburn and composer Maurice Blackburn, at the age of 16 she won the Governor General First Prize for a short story in the Young Author's contest of Radio Canada. Rochon studied Mathematics at the Université de Montréal. She has won the Quebec Science Fiction Fantasy Grand Prix four times. Selected bibliography En hommage aux araignées — 1974 L'épuisement du soleil — 1985 Coquillage — 1987 (translated as The Shell, 1990) L'espace du diamant — 1991 References W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of LIterature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 983. External links Alire 1948 births Living people Canadian novelists in French Canadian science fiction writers Canadian women novelists French Quebecers Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Quebec City 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers