Larry Tremblay is a writer, theatre director and actor. He has written thirty books, including two previous novels, The Bicycle Eater and The Obese Christ; one short story collection, Piercing; and numerous volumes of poetry and plays. Tremblay has been short-listed three times for the Governor General's Award and his writing has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives and works in Montreal.

'Nuanced but contrasting. Rough but also sensual. Shot through with powerful dialogues but never rambling. This kind of writing takes guts.' LE DEVOIR; 'A little jewel, finely chiseled.' ELLE; 'Larry Tremblay's ability [is] not so much to weave a storyline as to unravel it with finesse and beauty.' TORONTO SUN; 'The voluntary simplicity of Tremblay's writing recalls the story of Cain and Abel or the parable of the Prodigal Son... With The Orange Grove, Tremblay gives us a novel we should read...not once, but twice.' LA PRESSE (QUEBEC)