Jean-Louis Trudel (1967-2025)
Canadian SF writer Jean-Louis Trudel, 58, died November 17, 2025.
Trudel was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began publishing short fiction in French as early as 1984. He wrote several genre works in English, and more have been translated. His short fiction and poetry has appeared in Asimov’s, On Spec, Polar Borealis, Star*Line, The 2022 Rhysling Anthology, collection The Snows of Yesteryear (2017), and many others. He was a long-time contributor to francophone magazine Solaris. In both 1994 and 1996 he won an Aurora Award in fan achievement. In 2001 he won the Prix Jacques-Brossard, then named The Grand Prix de la Science-fiction et du fantastique québécois, for two of his French novels, a collection, and several short stories. He was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2021.
