My Bed of Dreams

Gilles Tibo

Gilles Tibo was born on the south bank in Nicolet. He now lives in Montreal with his family. This author is not only an author but also an illustrator. for 20 years (albums whose name is Simon). His passion for writing comes from when he was little and when he was he read TinTin and Asterix. At that time, he didn't know that he had a talent as an illustrator. It was in a class, which was boring, that at the age of 15 he discovered his talent. During this class, he drew a mini comic strip that he made the whole class read and he was told that he had an invaluable talent! Gilles Tibo was hired in 1970 as a freelance illustrator and made flyers, record covers and advertisements. In those same years, he illustrated almost all of Quebec's comic strips. From 1976 to 1979, he became artistic director of "Le Tamanoir" publishing. In 1987, he created the character of Annabel Lee, an illustrated version of Edgar Allen Poe's poem that earned him international recognition as an illustrator.

Mathilde Cinq-Mars

Born in Trois-Rivières, Mathilde Cinq-Mars graduated from the University of Strasbourg in visual arts. A freelance illustrator, she draws rosy-cheeked characters for several publishing houses (Mécanique générale, La montagne secrète, Druides, Planète rebelle, etc.) and Canadian magazines (l'Actualité, Caribou, Planete F, Canada History Magazine, etc.). She has also signed the visuals for numerous cultural events, including the TEDx conferences at the University of Strasbourg, the Festival of Sea Songs and the Long Weekend of Short Films in Trois-Rivieres. Since 2015, her illustrations have been exhibited, among others, at the Carrée d'Artistes gallery in New York, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Toronto as part of the Youth Solidarity Project, at the Seigneurie d'Anhaive in Namur with Illustration Québec and at the Cabinet Amateur in Paris. She lives and works in Trois-Rivières, surrounded by plants, old objects and her fast growing daughter.