Louise Penny

Louise Penny is the multi-award winning author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, set in her home province of Québec. Her books have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, topped bestseller lists, including the New York Times, and been translated into 32 languages. The recipient of both the Order of Canada and l’Ordre national du Québec, her Three Pines Foundation reaches out to those in crisis and offers financial and emotional support, with a special focus on literacy as well as dementia care. Her husband, Michael, died of dementia in 2016. She lives in a village south of Montréal.