Renée Belliveau is the author of the novels A Sense of Things Beyond, The Sound of Fire, and the memoir Les étoiles à l’aube. Her work has been nominated for the ReLit Novel Award, the Dartmouth Book Award, and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.

She draws inspiration from her work as an archivist, where she spends her days surrounded by records of the past. In addition to her books, she has written numerous articles exploring lesser-known aspects of Canadian and regional history.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Allison University, a Master of Arts from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Information from the University of Toronto. A proud acadienne originally from Shediac, NB, Renée now lives in Dartmouth, NS, with her husband.