Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec."Moi, mon bonheur: Geneviève Pettersen, alias Madame Chose". La Presse, March 23, 2012. Her debut novel, La déesse des mouches à feu (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.
Biography Pettersen was born in Wendake, Quebec, 1982.
She wrote "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column for La Presse."Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose". Châtelaine, October 23, 2014. In 2014, she published Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose, a collection of her Madame Chose writing about relationships.
Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2014."The kids aren't all right in Geneviève Pettersen's The Goddess of Fireflies". Montreal Gazette, March 30, 2016. The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015,"Le Grand Prix littéraire Archambault revient à Geneviève Pettersen". Les Libraires, March 19, 2015. and its English translation by Neil Smith, The Goddess of Fireflies, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards."Governor-General's Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016. La déesse des mouches à feu was adapted by film director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette for the 2020 film Goddess of the Fireflies.Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020.
Pettersen also wrote for Le Journal de Montréal and hosted radio shows for Cogeco Media and Quebecor's QUB.
She is the Coalition Avenir Québec candidate for L'Assomption in the 2026 Quebec general election.
Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald."Couples créateurs: Un joyeux chaos". La Presse, February 14, 2015.
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