Florence Cadier

Florence Cadier
A smiling woman with curly hair and dark-rimmed glasses.
Born1956 (age 69–70)
Orléans, France
Occupations
  • Children's author
  • journalist
Writing career
LanguageFrench

Florence Cadier (born 1956) is a French writer of books for children and young adults.

Biography

Cardier was born in Orléans, France, in 1956. She has worked as a journalist, and began to write children's literature in 1995.

My Parents are Getting Divorced with Melissa Daly was published in English in 2004 by Amulet Books as part of the Sunscreen self-help series aimed at teenagers. A review in the School Library Journal described it as "a great, upbeat book, giving wise advice in a voice that speaks to kids", although said it was unfortunate that "all but one of the titles in the bibliography are in French". Booklist praised it for its "conversational and warm" tone and "solid, reassuring advice".

Cadier's 2009 novel Le Rêve de Sam received the 5th/4th level prize of the Dévoreurs de livres award, elected by students and teachers in Eure. It also received the Literary Al Terre Ado prize at the Hermillon Book Fair, and the Prix Ados en colère at the 2010 Salon du livre d'expression populaire et de critique sociale d'Arras [fr] (a book fair held in Arras). In 2011 Cadier received the Randell Cottage Writers' Residency and spent six months in Wellington, New Zealand. During this residency she wrote the novel L'Ombre d'un père. Her 2015 collection of short stories, Contre courant, focuses on the theme of civil disobedience from a humanist perspective.

Her 2023 novel Né coupable was about the trial of George Stinney and was supported by Amnesty International. It received the 5th/4th prize at the Prix des Incorruptibles [fr] awards, elected by young readers, and the Prix littéraire des jeunes Caladois awarded by young people of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Florence Cadier – 2011". Randell Cottage Writers Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "CADIER Florence". Parlement des Ecrivaines Francophones (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Just Us Girls: Secrets to Feeling Good about Yourself, Inside Andout by Melissa Daly, Moka". Publishers Weekly. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Children's Notes". Publishers Weekly. 251 (26): 53. 28 June 2004.
  5. 1 2 von Mehren, Laurie (September 2004). "Cadier, Florence & Melissa Daly. My Parents Are Getting Divorced: How to Keep It Together When Your Mom and Dad Are Splitting Up". School Library Journal. 50 (9): 223.
  6. 1 2 Engberg, Gillian (1 December 2004). "Books for Older Readers". Booklist. 101 (7): 645.
  7. ↑ "Dévoreurs de livres (Prix)". Centre national de la littérature de jeunesse. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Claudie Gallay et Florence Cadier distinguées". Le Dauphine (in French). 18 October 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Les lauréat-e-s du Prix Ados en Colère". Colères du présent. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 ""Traiter l'urgence, voilà ce qu'il fallait faire."". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  11. 1 2 Trémintin, Jacques (8 December 2016). "Contre courant". Lien Social. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  12. 1 2 Sylvestre, Paul-François (23 May 2021). "Né coupable, de Florence Cadier: illustration glaçante de racisme". L'Express (in Canadian French). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  13. ↑ Picard, Zoé (7 June 2023). "Sept lauréats et une année record pour le 34e Prix des Incorruptibles". ActuaLitté (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Florence Cadier, lauréate du prix littéraire des jeunes Caladois". Le Progres (in French). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2026.