Maxime Raymond Bock was born in Montreal, where he lives today. His first book, Atavismes, a collection of short stories, won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette It was pubished as Atavisms in 2015. The English translation of Bock’s novella, Des lames de pierre, Baloney, appeared in 2016. Morel, his début novel, was awarded the prize for the Rendez-vous du premier roman in 2023 and was shortlisted for the Prix des libraires, the Prix littéraire des collégien∙ne∙s, the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, and the Prix Senghor.
Ouvrier anonyme, Jean-Claude Morel a consacré sa vie aux grands chantiers de Montréal. Il a creusé le métro et le pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine, fait surgir des îles et s’entrelacer des autoroutes. Mais si les tours qu’il a construites au centre-ville en rapprochent certains...
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