Yves Patrick Beaulieu is a French Canadian living in northwestern Quebec, or more precisely in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, a region located in the heart of the Canadian boreal forest. In 1991, he published his first novel: “Au passage du neuvième lune" (In the passage of the ninth moon) and received regional recognition. Ten years later, the author introduced his second novel, “L'ermitage" (The Hermitage), which also received tributes from his adopted region. In 2015, Yves Patrick published his work at Amazon through the online publisher LuLu.com. He has a website called "Ecrits de l'Abitibi" (Writings from Abitibi) at yvespatrick.com!