Patrick Senécal

Patrick Senécal
Born (1967-10-20) October 20, 1967
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Novelist, scenarist
Nationality Canadien
Period 1994–present
Genre drama, Horror, crime fiction
Website
www.patricksenecal.net

Patrick Senécal is a French-Canadian writer and scenarist known for his horror oriented drama novels. His work is often compared to Stephen King. He got a lot of his work adapted to cinema.[1][2] Senécal is also well known in Québec for his unique dark genre.[3]

Personal life

Senécal is presented as the opposite as his work which describes a dark and violent environment.[4] He also hides his books from his children and doesn't want them to read any of them, to keep his "good father" reputation. He studies French literature at l'Université de Montréal.

Books

Novels

1994 5150 rues des Ormes[5]
1995 Le Passager[6]
1998 Sur le Seuil
2000 Aliss
2002 Les Sept Jours du Talion
2004 Oniria
2007 Le Vide
2009 Hell.com
2010 Against God[7] (Contre Dieu)
2011 Malphas 1. Le Cas des casiers carnassiers
2012 Malphas 2. Torture, luxure et lecture
2013 Malphas 3. Ce qui se passe dans la cave reste dans la cave
2014 Malphas 4. Grande Liquidation

Youth novels

2007 Sept comme Setteur
2010 Madame Wenham.

Collaborative work

2013 Quinze minutes (L’Orphéon)

Short stories

1998 Ressac
1999 La Source
1999 Eaux troubles
2000 Nuit d’ancre[8]
2001 Retrouvailles
2005 Équilibre
2007 Drummondville
2009 Vente avec démonstration
2011 Famme
2014 Public cible
2014 « », in Des nouvelles du père

Graphic novels

2014 Sale Canal (With Tristan Demers)

Filmography

Year Title Credit Director Novel adaptation Notes
2003 Sur le seuil Co-scenarist Éric Tessier Yes
2006 Chambre no.13 Scenarist (1 episode) No TV serie
2009 5150 Elm's Way Scenarist Éric Tessier Yes
2010 7 Days (film) Scenarist Podz Yes
2011 La Reine Rouge Scenarist, Director Patrick Senécal, Podz & Olivier Sabino No Web serie about the events in between his books "5150 Elm's Way" and "Aliss".
2012 Sur les traces de la Fusion Direcord (2 episodes) TVA No Web serie.
TBA Sept comme setteur TBA TBA Yes

Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2001 Aliss Prix Boréal : Best novel Won
2006 Sur le Seuil Prix Masterton : Francophone novel Won
2006 Chambre no 13 Gémeaux : Scenario Nominated
2007 Le Vide Prix Saint-Pacôme : Best Quebeker crime fiction Won
2007 Le Vide La Presse du Salon du livre de Montréal : Public's Choice Nominated
2008 Le Vide Grand Prix des auteurs de la Montérégie : Jury's Price Won
2009 Hell.com Prix du public du Salon du livre de la Côte-Nord Won
2012 Malphas 2. Torture, luxure et lectur La Presse du Salon du livre de Montréal : Public's Choice Nominated

References

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