Extraordinary Eyeglasses

About the Author

Caroline Stevan has been nearsighted since childhood and considers glasses to be one of mankind's greatest inventions. She is a journalist at the Swiss radio and television and passionate about social issues, she co-hosts the program Le Point J. She has two daughters, one of whom proudly wears glasses. Extraordinary Eyeglasses is her fourth book published by Helvetiq, following Blablacar, la France et moi, Be my quarantine and Citizen She!.

Francois Vigneault is a cartoonist and illustrator born in the United States to Haitian and French-Canadian parents. He is the co-creator of the YA graphic novel 13e Avenue published by ditions de la Pasteque in 2018 and the comic book series Orcs in Space from Oni Press (2021-22). His relatively small body of work has been nominated for a surprising number of awards (including the the Joe Shuster Award and the Bedelys Quebec Award) and has even won a few of them, including the inaugural Quebec Bookseller's Prize for best youth graphic novel. He started wearing glasses when he was 12 years old. He grew up in San Diego, California and lived in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon before landing in Quebec in 2015, where he has lived ever since.