She entered her first novel, Still Life, in the 'Debut Dagger' competition in the United Kingdom, placing second out of 800 entries. She started a historical novel but had difficulty finishing it, and eventually switched to mystery writing.

Penny left the CBC in 1996 to take up writing. After graduation, aged 21, she embarked on an 18-year career as a radio host and journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Penny earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Radio and Television) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in 1979. Her mother was an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular liking for crime fiction, Īnd Louise grew up reading mystery writers such as Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Dorothy L. Penny was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1958. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2007–2010), and the Anthony Award for best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Louise Penny CM OQ is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache ( Three Pines Mysteries) series

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