Meet and greet Anne-Marie Sicotte, author, at the Salon de l’Histoire!
The daughter of Sylvie Gélinas, she was born in Montreal. Her maternal grandfather was Gratien Gélinas. Sicotte received a bachelor’s degree in history and anthropology. She was editor in chief for L’Éclusier, a monthly publication dealing with the history of the Lachine Canal. She published De la vapeur au vélo : le guide du canal de Lachine for Parks Canada in 1986. She then worked as journalist and editor for various publications. From 1995 to 1996, she published a two-volume biography of her grandfather Gratien Gélinas – la ferveur et le doute. In 2005, she published Marie-Gérin Lajoie, Conquérante de la liberté