Erika Soucy was born in Portneuf-sur-mer, on the North Shore. An author as well as an actress, she is a graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec in 2010. She has published 3 collections of poetry and adapted her first novel, Les murailles, for the stage. The play played at Le Périscope (Quebec City), La Licorne (Montreal) and in a dozen theatres on tour. Earning her living mainly as a TV writer, Erika Soucy wrote Les Perles, a series broadcast on TVA and Club Illico. Her next book, La maison cachette, is a children's comic produced in collaboration with illustrator Geneviève Bigué, and is forthcoming from éditions de La Pastèque. Erika Soucy is also a regular columnist on ICI Première.