Linda Amyot (born June 28, 1958) is a Canadian writer living in the Lanaudière region of Quebec.
Biography Linda Amyot was born in Joliette and earned a master's degree in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. During the 1980s and 1990s, she published short stories in various Quebec literary magazines such as XYZ, Mœbius, Contre Ciel and Arcade. She works as an editor and a writer of television documentaries and business audiovisual presentations. She also contributes to the literary magazine Nuit blanche.
Amyot helped create the À voix haute organization, which presents live performances by professional comedians of complete works or excerpts of works by Quebec authors. In 2011, she received the Prix à la création artistique awarded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Selected works Ha Long, novel (2004), finalist for the Prix Anne-Hébert and for the Quand le cadre ne cadre plus (2006), a TV movie La fille d'en face (2010), won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Prix Jeunesse des libraires du Québec Le jardin d'Amsterdam (2013), received the and the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature Saint-Élie-de-Légendes (2015), a TV miniseries
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