Martel's first book was published in 1963, a young-adult science fiction novel published in English translation as "The City Under Ground" (Viking, 1964), for which she received the prize of the Canadian Association of French-language publishers.
Martel's first book was published in 1963, "Quatre Montréalais en l'an 3000", a young-adult science fiction novel (published in English as "The City Under Ground", 1964). She received the prize of the Canadian Association of French-language publishers.