- Born
- Louise Penny was born on July 1, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is a writer and producer, known for Three Pines (2022), State of Terror and Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013). She was previously married to Michael Whitehead.
- SpouseMichael Whitehead(1996 - September 18, 2016) (his death)
- She is one of Canada's best-selling mystery authors. She has also been a journalist and broadcaster.
- She didn't start writing until she was in her forties; her first book was published when she was 46.
- [on why she regularly combines references to tastes, odours and sounds in her mystery novels] I wanted you to feel what it's like to live in Quebec. And to do that I needed to make the books sensuous, engage all your senses. So that you sense the musky wood smoke and feel the scrape of the cold against your cheeks. You hear the rustle of the leaves and see with clarity the village green. And you taste the food. That glorious Quebec cuisine.
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