Muriel Barbery teaches philosophy. The Elegance of the Hedgehog is her second novel, which has been highly acclaimed in the press and was awarded the Prix du Rotary international 2007. Her first book, Une gourmandise (Gallimard, 2000), translated into twelve languages was published by Gallic Books as The Gourmet in September 2009.

Born in 1968, Fabrice Bourland has worked extensively in the magazine and publishing world and is a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe. The Baker Street Phantom is his first fantasy crime novel.

Armand Cabasson was born in 1970. He is a psychiatrist working in the North of France. The Officer’s Prey is the first in the Quentin Margont series of thrillers set in the Napoleonic Wars. It was published in France in 2002 as Les proies de l’officier, which received the 2003 Gendarmerie Nationale Thriller Prize. The second in the series, Chasse au loup (published the UK in May 2008 as Wolf Hunt) was awarded the 2005 Fiction Prize by the Napoleonic Foundation. Armand Cabasson is a member of the Souvenir Napoléonien and has used his extensive research to create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns.

Claude Izner is the pen-name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre. Both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, they are experts on nineteenth-century Paris. They have co-written Murder on the Eiffel Tower, The Père-Lachaise Mystery, The Montmartre Investigation and The Marais Assassin.

Andrea H. Japp is one of the grandes dames of French crime writing with over twenty novels published. She is a forensic scientist by profession and weaves this knowledge into her books, giving them particular authenticity. She is the author of The Season of the Beast and The Breath of the Rose. We published, The Divine Blood, third of the Agnes de Souarcy Chronicles in August 2009.

Yves Jégo is the co-author of The Sun King Rises, is a member of the French Parliament and spokesman for the UMP party.

François Lelord has had a successful career as a psychiatrist both in the United Sates and France. He now devotes his time to writing,  and is the author (in conjunction with Christophe André) of a number of best-selling self-help books.

Denis Lépée, co-author of The Sun King Rises, is a local politician and environmental adviser. He is the author of books on Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill.

Jean-François Parot is a diplomat and historian. The Châtelet Apprentice is his first novel, and the first in a series of Nicolas Le Floch mysteries which have been published to much acclaim in France. We published the second in the series, The Man with the Lead Stomach, in April 2008. The third Nicolas Le Floch title ,The Phantom of Rue Royale, was published in June 2009, with the 4th in the series, The Nicolas Le Floch Affair, in August 2009.

Anna Sam was born in 1979 in Rennes where she still lives with her husband and two dogs. Her first book, Checkout: A Life on the Tills, was published by Gallic Books in July 2009.

Jean Teulé is tha author of The Suicide Shop. He lives in The Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also the prize winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. He has also written biographies of Rimbaud and François Villon.