Steve Marchand is the author of Life by the Red Oak and Citizen of Happy Town: An orphan remembers.

Life by the Red Oak is the first fictional book by Steve Marchand. In it, we follow three main characters : Jonathan Foster, Anna Cobb and Charlie the Fur Ball in their attempt to survive in a world decimated by a potent virus.

Citizen of Happy Town: An orphan remembers, translated from the original French version by the author himself, is the result of an intense reflection by Steve on the years of his childhood during which he became an orphan. His story, told in the present tense, takes us on an emotional rollercoaster as the author recounts his long and difficult quest to find a family.

The everyday life at the orphanage and the experiences, sometimes good, sometimes shocking, with the different families in which Steve Marchand lived, are described with a focus on the emotions of the time as much as on the events themselves, which allows everyone to enter the story and feel its effects.

Nearly three years of intense reflection by the author were necessary to write Citizen of Happy Town: An Orphan Remembers. The result is overwhelming and invites the readers to a reflection on their own past, no matter where they come from…

Q: Is it really you in the picture used on the cover of your book Citizen of Happy Town?

A: Yes. The picture was taken a thousand years ago by my godfather while he was directing me in a short movie. The scene called for me to stare at something in particular (very particular!) and he asked me to "freeze" so he could take a picture.

Q: You have a very sad look in that picture. What were you looking at?

A: I don't want to reveal that for now! I prefer to let the mystery grow around it a little!