Biography

Born in Québec City, Orbie has lived in Cap d’Espoir, Gaspésie, since 2005. A self-learner, she has worked as an illustrator for over 14 years. 

In 2014, she illustrated her first children’s book, “The little pig, the bicycle, and the moon” (Simon & Shuster), which won the Quebec Booksellers Prize, 0-5 Years, and has been translated in multiple countries across the globe. She has also worked on “Sloth at the Zoom” (Owl Kids Books) and many other books in French, her mother tongue. 

Her first book as author and illustrator,  “The Clothesline“, published in October 2019, won the Peuplier Awards and was finalist at the Harry Black (TD) prize and the Quebec Booksellers Prize, 0-5 Years.

Since becoming a mom, Orbie has created multiple illustrated tools on motherhood which have become very popular, like the well-known “Cheat sheet for a physiological birth” and the “Baby Sign language poster”.

His french book on lice in times of pandemic, La fin des poux, has won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, the Montreal’s libraries children’s book award and has been nominated to the Governor General’s Literary Awards.

Her latest french book as an author, Le tiroir des bas tous seuls, an investigative graphic novel, features her two children, her greatest source of inspiration. He won the Quebec booksellers’ prize in children’s comics and is nominated for numerous other prizes.

She regularly visits various schools to offer workshops, sharing her passion of illustrating books and comics with students. It’s a part of her job that she loves and which greatly inspires her.

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