Hélène Pedneault studied literature at the Cégep de Jonquière and had a career in many forms of writing. She wrote a dramatic play, La déposition, published in 1988, which has been translated into five languages and staged in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Rome. She documented the history of the women's movement in Quebec in the series "Chronique Délinquante" in the feminist activist magazine . This chronicled the news from a women's perspective and denounced abuses of power, both private and public. These writings were published in a collected volume after the magazine ceased operations. Pedenault wrote many pieces for Elle (Quebec), Focus, Dérives, Les cahiers de la femme, Possibles, JEU, Guide ressources, Ciel Variable, Le Sabord and Arcade, and also wrote teleplays, essays and songs.
