Sonia Cotten
Sonia Cotten (born September 13, 1974) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec. She was born in Rouyn-Noranda and studied human resource management, editorial practices and business communications at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Cotten was employed at the Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles and at the Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. In 2002, she published her first poetry collection "Changer le Bronx en or". She has also contributed to various poetry magazines. In 2015, she received the Prix Geneviève-Amyot for her poem "Pour Jean-Paul Daoust".