Ronald Lavallée is a Franco-Manitoban born in St. Boniface. He has worked at Radio Canada in Vancouver as the western correspondant for Le Point, a public affairs television program. He currently is a reporter for CBC Radio in Montreal.
Tchipayuk: Or The Way of the Wolf (1994) was first published by Albin Michel in France and then later published by Talonbooks the same year. It is the winner of the Prix Jules Verne, was named book of the month by France-Loisirs, and won the Prix Champlain (Canada) and the Prix Riel (Manitoba).
Short-listed 1994 Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation