Eve Patenaude author page

Eve Patenaude biography

Eve Patenaude is a Canadian writer, illustrator and linguistic editor whose work spans children’s picture books, young adult fiction and editorial projects. She works in both French and English and collaborates with publishers in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

As an illustrator, Patenaude worked on Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety by Samuel Larochelle, published by Greystone Kids in September 2023. Her artwork supports the text’s themes with clear visual storytelling for readers aged 8 and over. Earlier illustration credits include francophone picture books and covers for children’s and YA lists.

As an author, Patenaude wrote the thriller Cobayes – Sarah et Sid for Éditions de Mortagne, first published on 11 November 2014, with a 10th-anniversary edition issued on 9 October 2024. She also contributed to the series’ collaborative finale, and has written further fiction including the two-book fantasy sequence La tour de guet and the novella Tourterelle.

Patenaude’s illustration for Simon Boulerice’s Papier bulle was shortlisted for the 2022 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Alongside authorship and illustration, she undertakes linguistic and editorial work for publishing houses.

Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety was published in September 2023; Cobayes – Sarah et Sid first appeared on 11 November 2014, with a 10th-anniversary edition on 9 October 2024.