Fred Pellerin

A Canadian folksinger who rose to fame as a storyteller prior to embarking on a commercial recording career, Fred Pellerin made his Top Ten hit solo album debut in 2009 with Silence. Born in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec, he studied literature at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. His first published book, Dans Mon Village, Il Y a Belle Lurette... (2001), a well-received collection of stories about his hometown originally told to him by his grandmother, was followed by several others, Il Faut Prendre le Taureau par les Contes (2003), Comme une Odeur de Muscles (2005), a...