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Charles-Étienne Ferland, M. Sc. (he/him) ✉️
Writer, speaker, entomologist

Charles-Étienne Ferland is the author of Dévorés (bestseller), Métamorphoses (Trillium Award finalist), as well as Max d’Exxila, a YA space opera on climate change, the collection Une dent contre l’ordinaire, and the album of piano compositions Microcosmes. His books have generated over a hundred media reviews in Quebec, Canada, and internationally. He occasionally writes for Club Sexu.

After earning a master’s degree in insect ecology from the University of Guelph, he worked for three years with the Natural History Museum of Denmark (Bugdex). Since 2023, he has worked at the Montreal Insectarium for Mission Monarch, a participatory science program on the conservation of this endangered butterfly. As a speaker, he offers workshops in schools on the interdisciplinary approach between the arts and sciences.

A recipient of three grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, he is currently developing Studio CEF, a collaborative project that aims to tell universal stories while making a concrete contribution to conservation. Since 2024, he has donated 3% of his royalties to environmental organizations.