Linda Amyot is an award-winning Canadian writer living in the Lanaudière region of Quebec. The original French version of Adele’s Garden, Le jardin d’Amsterdam was awarded the Governor General’s Award for French-language children’s literature in 2014. Amyot received the Prix à la creation artistique awarded by the Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec in 2011. She works as an editor and as a writer of television documentaries and of audiovisual presentations for businesses.