Hélène Desputeaux

Hélène Desputeaux is a teacher writer and illustrator born in Quebec 1959 She has a bachelors degree in visual arts from Laval University and a bachelors degree in education from the University of Quebec in Montreal She was also a scholarship recipient of the Canadian Music Competitions in piano from 1969 to 1972 She has produced more than a hundred childrens books since 1983 She is particularly known for her illustrations of Caillou from 1989 to 1995 before being embroiled in a dispute that sought to make her lose control of her works