Neige Sinno was born in 1977 in the Département Hautes-Alpes, France. She studied American literature and made her debut in 2007 with the short story collection »La vie des rats« (tr: The Life of Rats), which revolves around the themes of youth and loneliness. Her debut novel »Le Camion« (2018;
Raphaëlle Red, born in Paris in 1997 and raised in Berlin, is an author and researcher. She studied social sciences in France and then turned to literary writing. Red writes in French, English, and German. Her German-language prose has been published in various anthologies. Her debut novel »Adikou« was published
Nina Six was born in Orléans in 1998. She is an illustrator and graphic novel author. Her stories, characterized by fine lines and colorful watercolors, often revolve around childhood memories. Her debut »Les Pissenlits« (tr: The Dandelion) was published in 2022. The coming-of-age story of nine-year-old girl Nina is set
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in Butare, Rwanda, in 1979. She is a survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi, from which she fled to France in 1994. There she studied political science and worked for various international NGOs. After two books of short stories and a volume of prose
Marguerite Abouet was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the age of 12, she moved to France with her brother, under the care of their great uncle. After her education, she worked as a legal assistant before embarking on her writing career. Abouet’s significance in the literary field
Mathieu Sapin was born in 1974 in Dijonand studied Illustration in Strasbourg. He developed a penchant for graphic novels early on, contributing his first notable work »Supermurgeman« to a school magazine. Beyond just being an illustrator, Sapin’s career has been marked by his diverse roles as a documentarian and storyteller.
Jérôme Ferrari was born in Paris in 1968. He studied philosophy and has been working as a teacher ever since. He has been appearing as a published author since the early 2000s. He rose to greater fame with his novel »Où j’ai laissé mon âme« [2010; Eng. »Where I Left
Bruno Duhamel was born in 1975 in Mont-Saint-Aignan in Normandy. He studied fine arts with a focus on comics in Paris and Angoulême, published several volumes in collaboration with the French cartoonist Brrémaud, and became known as a cartoonist for the science fiction comic series »Les brigades du temps« [Eng.
born in 1981 in Newark, New Jersey; writes as a critic for »The New York Times Magazine«, »The New Yorker«, and »Harper’s Magazine«, among others. Drawing on his own experiences, his work »Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race« [2019], follows the story of an American family. He is a
Jean-Christophe Rufin was born in Bourges in 1952. He grew up primarily with his grandparents; his grandfather, a doctor, was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp for two years beginning in 1940 for hiding members of the Resistance in his house in Bourges. Rufin also chose to become a doctor
Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt was born Jürgen Arthur Goldschmidt in Reinbek near Hamburg in 1928. Because of their Jewish roots, the family, although converts to Protestantism in the 19th century, was persecuted by the Nazis. In 1938, Goldschmidt’s parents sent him and his older brother first to Italy and later to France.
Zeina Abirached was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1981. She studied at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in Beirut and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Abirached published her first comics while studying at ALBA. From the very beginning, her childhood in civil-war ravaged Lebanon played
