India Desjardins

India Desjardins is a Québécoise writer, journalist, and screenwriter from Quebec City, Canada.

India Desjardins is a Québécoise writer, journalist, and screenwriter from Quebec City, Canada. She is best known for the young-adult series *Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme*, which became a major success in French-language markets and was adapted into films. Her work has helped shape contemporary French-language youth literature in Canada and beyond.

Biography

India Desjardins was born in Quebec City in 1976. She later became a journalist before dedicating herself to writing full-time. She is based in Montreal and has built a career across books, journalism, and screenwriting.

Literary career

Desjardins’s best-known work is *Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme*, a popular young-adult series that reached a large readership in the French-speaking world. Her bibliography also includes essays, children’s literature, and other fiction and nonfiction titles.

Film and television work

Desjardins has adapted her own *Aurélie Laflamme* books for the screen and wrote the screenplay for *23 Décembre*. Her screen work extends her profile beyond publishing into Canadian film.

Recognition

She has received public recognition for her contribution to Quebec literature and youth culture. The Ordre national du Québec describes her as a significant figure in the province’s literary landscape.