Paris Noir

About the contributors

Salim Bachi is the Algerian author of Le Chien d’Ulysse, La Kahéna, and Tuezles tous. Le Chien d’Ulyssewon the Prix Goncourt for best first novel and La Kahénawon the Prix Tropiques in 2004. He has been living in France since 1996.

Didier Daeninckx was born in Saint-Denis, France in 1949. After working for ten years in a printing office, he began to write and created his series hero, Inspector Cadin. He has won many literary awards, including Le Grand Prix de Lit-térature Policière in 1985 for Meurtres pour mémoire and the Paul Féval prize for lifetime accomplishment.

Doa was born in Lyon and worked as a creator of video games in France and London before finally settling into the dark side of literature. He is the author of several highly acclaimed novels, including Les Fous d’avril, which won the Prix Agostino in 2005, La Ligne de sang, and Citoyens clandestins, which won Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 2007.

Jérôme Leroy was born in the north of France. Whether writing short stories that are primarily poetic (La grâce efficace) or a science-fiction novel (Big Sister), Leroy’s work is always adventurous, dark, and visionary.

Dominique Mainard is the author of the novels Le grand fakir (2001) and Leur histoire, which won the Prix du Roman FNAC in 2002, the Prix Alain-Fournier in 2003, and was adapted into a film by Alain Corneau in 2005 under the name Les Motsbleus.

Laurent Martin was born in Djibouti in 1966. He is an art historian and archeologist. His first novel, L’Ivresse desdieux, based on a Greek tragedy, won Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 2003. His subsequent novels include Latribu des morts, Or noir peur blanche, and Des rives lointaines.

Aurélien Masson was born in 1975 and became an editorial assistant for la Série Noire at Gallimard, one of France’s premier publishing houses, in 2002; he was promoted to director of the series in 2005.

Christophe Mercier was born in 1960 and has worked as an editor, literary critic, and translator. He published his first book, Les singes hurleurs sur l’autre rive, in 2003, then Lacantatrice in 2005.

Patrick Pécherot wrote his first novel, Tiuraï, at the age of forty-six. He is the author of eight novels, including Soleil noir, recently published by la Série Noire, an imprint of Gallimard. He won Le Grand Prix de Lit-térature Policière in 2002 for Les brouillards de la butte.

Chantal Pelletier wrote for theater and film before publishing her first novel, Eros et Thalasso, featuring Inspector Maurice Laice. Her subsequent novels include Le chant duBouc and More Is Less.

Jean-Bernard Pouy is a celebrated figure in the French literary landscape and the author of many groundbreaking works of fiction. Born in 1946, Pouy is the creator of the highly acclaimed Poulpe series featuring protagonist Gabriel Lecouvreur. His novel La Belle de Fontenay won the Trophée 813 and Prix Mystère de la Critique; and La Clef des mensonges won the Prix Polar in 1989. He also writes for film and radio.

Hervé Prudon was born in 1950. His novels include Mardigris, Le Bourdon, and Nadine Mouque, which won the Prix Louis Guilloux in 1995.

Marc Villard has written books revolving around a wide variety of subjects, including dead jazz musicians (La dame estune traînée) and redemption for junkies (La vie d’artiste). But his talent shines brightest, according to Villard, in his short stories.