Émilie Querbalec

Émilie Querbalec  (born 1971 Sapporo) is a French-  science fiction, fantasy novelist, and short story writer. Her novel, Leaving the Autumn Mountains , won the Rosny Elder Prize .

She is notable because she created a well-known work, that was the subject of multiple independent periodical reviews.

 Life 
Émilie Querbalec was born to a French father,  and a Japanese mother, a ceramist and visual artist. Her family moved to France, where Émilie Querbalec  obtained a scientific baccalaureate. She studied photography, art history and oriental languages . She works as a dietician and nutritionist in a pediatric hospital.

Her short story, The Perfect Equation of Happiness , tells the story of a couple who places their fate in the hands of an application and therefore of artificial intelligence, to manage their relationship.

Her first novel, The Forgotten of Ushtâr , is a Planetary romance set on Ushtâr, an ocean planet. Her second novel, Leaving the Autumn Mountains , mixing science-fantasy and space opera  takes place on Tasaï, a planet maintained in an archaic state which evokes pre-industrial Japan. 

 Works 

 Les Oubliés d’Ushtâr, NATS, 2018, 468 p. ()
 Quitter les monts d'automne, Albin Michel, 2020, 448 p. ()
 reissue, Le Livre de poche, 2022, 608 p. ()
Les Chants de Nüying, Albin Michel,  2022, 480 p. ()
Les Sentiers de recouvrance, Albin Michel,  2024, 240 p. () 

 References 

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Sapporo
Category:French writers