J. Emile Turcotte

First-time novelist and sociologist eager to talk about how life, at the turn of the twentieth century, could be harrowing for those falling through the cracks of society

About J. Emile Turcotte

I’m a first-time novelist and founding partner at Parallax Research - a marketing research company that helped Fortune 500 clients refine communication strategies.

I earned a BA (cum laude) and MA from Concordia University (Montreal) where I benefitted from FCAR and SSHRC fellowships in addition to being awarded the Everett C. Hughes medal for sociology and anthropology. I also spent eight years at Concordia lecturing part-time.

I studied and worked in film animation while I acquired a DEC in French literature at André-Laurendeau College.

I live in what used to be a dairy farm tucked away somewhere in Eastern Ontario where I indulge my passion for writing about how lives—for better or worse—used to be lived.