LONDON BOLOGNA 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dance l CHARLYEMÉNÉTRIERMCGRATH l CLAIRERENAUD l MICHELROBERT P. 41FANTASY in her Mouth her in l FRÉDÉRICDARD l BERTRANDPUARD l JÉRÔMECAMUT&NATHALIE HUG l BARBARAABEL l ÉLÉNAPIACENTINI l CHRISTIANCARA l NADINEMONFILS l MICHAËLMENTION l ROMANSTRAJNIC l l DELPHINEGIRAUD l GUILLAUMECLICQUOT P. 30–35FICTION l GILLESLEGARDINIER l VIVIANEMOORE l CLAUDEIZNER l CÉCILECABANAC l HERVÉJOURDAIN l HERVÉCOMMÈRE l STELLADELMAS l ISABELLEDESESQUELLES l ANTOINEP l MARJORIETIXIER l SOPHIELOUBIÈRE P. 36–40THRILLERS/NOIR l JEAND’AILLON P. 24–27BESTSELLERS l ANNE-LAUREBONDOUX&JEAN-CLAUDEMOURLEVA P. 12–23NEW l KUROTSUME l FRANÇOIS-HENRISOULIÉ l MARIONBRUNET l KARINEGIÉBEL l FRANCKTHILLIEZ l FRANCKTHILLIEZ l MICHELBUSSI P. 4–11FOCUS DENIS FAÏCK AJE Where the Free Souls Meet; The Moving Story of a Girl With a Shotgun Shotgun a With Girl a of Story Moving The Meet; Souls Free the Where IMPERIUM CIRCUS ; CIRCUS IMPERIUM THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD NEW THE OF CHILDREN THE ROARING ROARING From the Top of a Blade of Grass, You Can Clearly See the Earth the See Clearly Can You Grass, of Blade a of Top the From What You Made Me Made You What EDWARD HOLMES & GOVER WATSON GOVER & HOLMES EDWARD Behind Hatred; Behind The Grief The Behind Hatred; Behind NOVELS OF THE NIGHT; SAN-ANTONIO NIGHT; THE OF NOVELS The One-Winged Angel One-Winged The THE ANGEL OF CHAOS; LARGO CALLAHAN LARGO CHAOS; OF ANGEL THE ALCHEMIA Making Every Day a Happy Day Happy a Day Every Making YON Twice upon a Time; The Unfi The Time; a upon Twice LUCIE HENEBELLE & FRANCK SHARKO SHARKO FRANCK & HENEBELLE LUCIE Her Name Was Ab Stenson Ab Was Name Her Look; Mirror Image Mirror Look; The Dream of a Madman a of Dream The

Requiem for a Diamond; No Tears at Home at Tears No Diamond; a for Requiem Ordinary Morning Ordinary Five Burnt Cards; The Stone Boy Stone The Cards; Burnt Five First Love, Only Love Only Love, First Terminal 4 Terminal Ristretto Vast as the Dark of Night; Lingering Echoes Lingering Night; of Dark the as Vast Guys Like Us Like Guys Manhattan Chaos Manhattan No More I Promise; Someone to Watch Over Watch to Someone Promise; I More No The Brehat Island Castaways; The Devil on the Shoulders the on Devil The Castaways; Island Brehat The Happy Retirement! Happy TWENTIES IN PARIS; MYSTERIES IN PARIS IN MYSTERIES PARIS; IN TWENTIES The Angelus The Unburden Yourself Unburden ; Venetian Crime Venetian We Used To Have Dreams; Crazy Old Folks Old Crazy Dreams; Have To Used We

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Love of Louis XIV Louis of Love l CARYLFEREY l ANNE-MARIEPOL l ELISABETHBRAMI&CHRISTOPHE l MARIE-AUDEMURAIL l DELPHINEPESSIN l JEAN-CÔMESNOGUÈS l ODILEWEULERSSE l FRÉDÉRICCOUDREC l CHRISTOPHE Croguennec Case; The Christophe Belle Case Belle Christophe The Case; Croguennec l CHRISTIANHEINRICH&JOLIBOIS P. 61ILLUSTRATEDBOOKS l ALEXANDRAMIDAL l OLIVIERASSOULY l MARIEVAREILLE l ANTONINATGER l STÉPHANEMICHAKA P. 46–51YA l VINCENTVILLEMINOT P. 44–45FOCUS • Fantasyseriesingrey • Mangasinorange • NonFictiontitlesinpurple • Children’s &YA booksingreen • AdultFictioninblue l BERTRANDLECLAIR l OLIVIERBLOCH l ANNE-CLAIREDESESQUELLES P. 66–67NONFICTION l OLIVIERMAGNY P. 65QUIRKYDOCS l P. 64SMALLNEWSITEMS l STEPHENCARRIÈRE l ALICIAKROZE&SARAH l LORRISMURAIL l JEAN-CLAUDEMOURLEVAT P. 52–60MIDDLEGRADE JEAN-MARC BLOCH&RÉMICHAMPSEIX GALFARD THE PRINCE OF CLOUDS OF PRINCE THE GALFARD Krotokus 1st; Mapuce 1st; Krotokus A Bunch of Flowers of Evil of Flowers of Bunch A Vampyre Stuff Parisians Like; Into Wine Into Like; Parisians Stuff ELIA, THE SOUL-PASSER THE ELIA, INTERFEEL Dyslexic Dylan Dyslexic DANCE! ; Dance Like a Novel : The Ballet of Nina of Ballet The : Novel a Like Dance ; DANCE! Philosophy of Taste of Philosophy The Chatty Mummy; The White Gold of Louis XIV; The Powder of of Powder The XIV; Louis of Gold White The Mummy; Chatty The I Did not Betray not Did I The Enchanter The How to Start Writing Start to How Design This Flame in Us in Flame This The Memory of Colours of Memory The Vive la République ! République la Vive The Child and the Forest; The Man who Seduced the Sun the Seduced who Man The Forest; the and Child The

; Twelve Years, Seven Months and Eleven Days Eleven and Months Seven Years, Twelve ; THE UPSIDE DOWN RIVER DOWN UPSIDE THE The Power of the Invisible the of Power The THE RED SOULS RED THE BESSE SO WHAT? SO BESSE The Farid Ouzzane Case; The Mathilde Mathilde The Case; Ouzzane Farid The CHICKEN GANG; COCKER’S STORY COCKER’S GANG; CHICKEN ; The Pull of the Ocean the of Pull The

FOCUS FOCUS MICHEL BUSSI MICHEL BUSSI THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD

★ A four-novel series VOL. 1 – THE FALL OF THE IRON SUN

A metaphor for the history of the world embodied by strong characters who only get stronger as October 2020 the books unfold… Post-apocalyptic Paris. All adults have been wiped out in the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe. The last In a post-apocalyptic world where adults have all generation of children, all 12 years old, is left to fend for itself. Two rival enemy tribes share the city. But when their disappeared, there are two refuges for the child- survival is at stake, they are forced together. Do these children have the ability and the desire to form an alliance? ren of Paris: the Eiffel Tower, which has been turned into a “tipi”; and the Louvre, which has • An original setting: Paris is devastated but recognisable. Nature has reasserted itself. become a “castle” (again). The first tribe hunts; • Environmental and political themes. the other lives off their vegetable garden settled • The highs and lows of love stories played out over all four books by various protagonists. in the Tuileries. Soon, the survival of the tipi tribe • Powerful scenes in iconic locations with elements of fantasy and comic situations. is at stake as more and more animals are getting • References to numerous historical marvels. sick.

What if the castle were responsible for poiso- ning them?

When the time for confrontation comes, will the two rival tribes fight, as the chief of the tipi wi- shes? Or will they unite against the upheaval of nature, as the queen of the castle hopes?

The next volumes will then explain how the two clans cope with: • the fall of the iron sun, which provided electri- city to the castle... • the one who became their worst enemy and convinced some to join her, • the shocking discovery that they're not alone, • an attempt to seize power in order to create a monarchy.

And above all, they will have to do everything to survive and to save the human race.

the author Michel Bussi was number two on the 2019 ranking of the 10 bestselling French authors with 7 million books sold in France. He is one of the major French authors in English language with over 400,000 copies sold in the UK for the titles: After the Crash, Black Water Lilies, Don’t Let Go and Time is a Killer. He is also translated in 35 countries.

4 5 FOCUS FOCUS FRANCK THILLIEZ FRANCK THILLIEZ LUCIE HENEBELLE & FRANCK SHARKO TWICE UPON A TIME

Over 2.6 Million copies sold May 2020 – 528 p. ★ Rights sold: US (Penguin), Spain (Destino), Spain Catalan (Columna), Germany (Goldmann), The Netherlands ★ Reader’s report and sample translation available (Xander), Brazil (Intrinseca), Russia (Atticus), Taiwan (Solo Press), Portugal (Sextante), Turkey (Pegasus), Japan (Hayakawa), China (Hachette Phoenix), Slovakia (Artforum), Hungary (Gabo), Korea (Eunhaeng Namu), Thailand “Somewhere, someone knows something…” (Welearn), Czech Republic (XYZ), Vietnam (Nha Nam), Ukraine (Ranok) In 2008, in a small town in the mountains, lieutenant Gabriel Mosca- ★ Film rights sold to is desperately looking for his daughter, who disappeared a month ★ Reader's reports available ago. He searches all the establishments that could have had hosted strangers. That takes him to the Cliff Hotel. He settles in room 29, second floor, with the register and falls asleep. LUCA When he wakes up, he is in room 7, on the ground floor of the hotel. May 2019 – 552 p. And soon he learns that the date is now 2020, and that his daughter Do we still have a private world that can’t be accessed by is still missing… machine intelligence? What has he done for 12 years? And why doesn’t he remember any- First, an ordinary couple who cannot have children decides to use the thing? services of a surrogate mother encountered on an Internet forum. Why • From a small village in Savoie and its former hyrdroelectric does she look so afraid and what does that mean exactly when she plant to an isolated cabin in Poland, to a disused warehouse in says: “This baby is special. Preserve your anonymity and he will be Belgium, fear is everywhere. safe.” When the adoptive father is kidnapped with another woman and • A dark outcome, at the centre of a devilish plot. their sequestration is broadcast live on the Internet, light is shed on him… and the deal is broken… the author Then, a mutilated body is found in a pit in the middle of a forest. Tatooed Franck Thilliez has become canonical with over 5 million copies sold in France being part of the 2019 ranking of the on his arm is the exact date and time of a man’s death, on the threshold 10 bestselling French authors. Chamber of Death and Puzzle have already been adapted into movies and most of his of the police headquarters. In his hand, a letter. Work is currently under option. Franck is also a script and comics writer. At the center of those cases: The Angel, a mysterious blackmailer who wants to awaken consciences against IA and the standardization of hu- man thought. The police will have to start a crazy race against time to try to save the two prisoners and protect baby Luca. THE UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT

“Terrible and brilliant, you’ll devour Luca.” Aujourd’hui en France / Le Parisien Over 450,000 copies sold “Thilliez summons the worst of modernity to make your hearts beat at 100 miles May 2018 – 528 p. ★ Reader’s report available an hour. We hope that your pacemaker hasn’t been hacked!” Paris Match ★ Rights sold: Italy (Fazi), Russia (Atticus) “Remarkable, the eighteenth Thilliez's detective novel is getting in the gut.” Voici A manuscript without an end, an investigation without a corpse, a body without a face. Also available: Also available:

6 7 FOCUS FOCUS Unanimously awarded the Pépite d’or at the Montreuil KARINE GIÉBEL MARION BRUNET children’s book fair! WHAT YOU MADE ME HER NAME WAS November 2019 – 552 p. AB STENSON ★ Full English translation available September 2019 – 224 p. Nearly 60,000 copies sold in France ★ Rights sold: Spain (Planeta) ★ Reader's report and sample translation available "Passion. The real stuff. Extreme. A bank robber takes a teenager on a crazy run Without limits. across the Wild West. A wild and sensitive Without rules. western. This uncontrollable blaze. This unstoppable tidal wave. When an outlaw comes to his house and kidnaps him, This fabulous, deadly thing." Garett is terrified. Yet Ab Stenson, an indomitable wo- man, is the one who will open the doors to a brighter Tonight, it's the boss of the Narcotics Unit, Major Richard Ménainville, who future for him, far from his violent father. must confess his addiction and answer for his actions in an interrogation Fascinated by his captor, Garett discovers her greatest room. What really happened between him and his lieutenant Letitia Gra- secrets, those that are only revealed to one’s closest minsky? How could love at first sight trigger such a tragedy? the author friends. In her wake, he will meet love and friendship, Questioned at the same moment in the next room, Laetitia gives herself up. Karine Giébel is a multi-awarded author: where he least expected them. Until the end of the road, She will recount everything she has experienced with this man. Will their Marseille Polar Prize, Intramuros Prize (the where Ab will offer him the most beautiful destiny: free- versions of events be the same? jury is composed of prisoners) and French dom. Polar in Cognac, SNCF detective novel • The story of an encounter in the Wild West, and the • A tour de force by Karine Giébel that makes the reading of these two prize and Derrière les murs prize (granted by prisons in the Rhone-Alpes region). She changes it will bring to each character. interrogations totally fluid: Richard and Laëtitia are connected in a way has sold over 1.3 million copies in France. • Free will; the law - that of the well-born imposed on and it is certain that something is happening between these two people, the neglected, but also the law of God on men; the so- the author but what exactly? cial look at women who live their maternity differently. Passionate about literature, Marion Brunet • Karine Giébel shows us how passion can lead inexorably to horror. studied literature before becoming a specia- lized educator in a day hospital for teenagers. Winner of some thirty literary prizes, including “With Karine Giébel, passion is tinged blood-red and inevitably the 2018 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, leads to the irreparable.” Le Telegramme Marion Brunet is the author of about ten no- “The author shows us how the inner workings of an emotion can vels. crush everything in its path.” Marie-Claire Also available: « We all wish to have some of Abigail Stenson in us. The gem of the year. » ELLE Les morsures de l’ombre/The Hungry Dark: Korea (Balgeunsesang), Germany (Berlin Verlag), Spain (Circulo de lectores), Italy (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli), The Netherlands (Overamstel Uitgevers), Turkey (Pegasus), Ukraine (Family Leisure Club) Chiens de sang/Bloodhounds: Korea (Balgeunsesang), The Netherlands (Overamstel Uitgevers) « In the book, heroines don’t need assistance. They are complex, Jusqu’à ce que la mort nous unisse/Till Death Do Us Unite: Korea (Balgeunsesang) , Russia (Azbooka) and sensual. Garett turns to them when he has to decide what kind of man Juste une ombre/The Shadow: Korea (Balgeunsesang), Germany (Berlin Verlag), Hungary (Konyvmolykepzo Kiado), Poland he wants to become. » (Sonia Draga), Russia (Azbooka), Czech Republic (Nakladatelstvi Jota), Turkey (Pegasus), Vietnam (Maison d’édition des Le Monde des livres femmes) Maîtres du jeu/Role Masters: Korea (Balgeunsesang) « The portrait of a free and resolute woman, in a deeply touching book. » Purgatoire des innocents/The Innocence of the Damned: Korea (Balgeunsesang), Japan (Take Shobo), Poland (Sonia Télérama Draga), Russia (Azbooka), Turkey (Pegasus) Satan était un ange/Satan was an Angel: Korea (Balgeunsesang) De force/By Force: Korea (Balgunsesang), Vietnam (Editions des Femmes) « A powerful, moving and poignant book. » Meurtre pour rédemption/Dying for Redemption Page des libraires Toutes blessent, la dernière tue/Every Hour Wounds, the Last One Kills Terminus Elicius D’ombre et de silence / Of Shadow and Silence 8 9 FOCUS FOCUS The alliance of two experts in Japanese Pop Culture for the first FRANCOIS-HENRI SOULIÉ French/Luxembourg THE ANGELUS mangas!

March 2020 – 522 p. Two abbeys, two days, two crimes. IMPERIUM CIRCUS 1165. Stonemasons are murdered and panic spread. Some January 2020 – 192 p. people see these crimes as the devil's hand. Others suspect the followers of this new sect who claim to be the True Join the artists in the arena! Christians and will soon be called the Cathars. The Archbi- In a world where circuses are a huge part of the economy, the shop of Narbonne sends a young nobleman to conduct the Imperium Circus is a set of laws by which they must abide. Every investigation, the Cathars intend to do everything to exone- circus must win the right to perform by fighting in an Underground rate themselves and the victims' companions are ready to Circus, which often ends in a bloody finale… do anything to avenge them. Three investigations for one • An innovative setting with surprising characters. truth. • A popular design, between Japanese manga and Disney. • The scenery was constructed with 3D. the author François-Henri Soulié is an eclectic theatre artist: writer, actor, puppeteer, set designer, director and scriptwriter. He received the First Novel Prize of the Beaune Festival in 2016.

RAGNAFALL Also available: January 2020 – 192 p. Face the wrath of gods! FRANCOIS-HENRI SOULIÉ The armours of Saint Seya, the power of DBZ fights, a tough world between Lord of the Rings and God of War, with plot twists as epic as Game of Thrones. & THIERRY BOURCY Welcome to Ragnafall… • A popular mythology, yet nearly unseen in mangas. • Great fights with a blockbuster type of layout. COURT INTRIGUES • Long-running plots.

3 titles available Follow Joseph Kassov and his nephew Mattheus through Europe at the be- ginning of the 17th century. They have Tsume Art to navigate between intrigues and re- Created in Luxembourg in 2010 by Cyril Marchiol, Tsume Art offers resin statuettes or PVC figurines mainly solve suspicious deaths. from the world of manga, cartoons and famous video games such as One Punch Man, Dragon Ball Z or Street Fighter. Over the years, the company has become a key player in this market and works with the largest Japanese publishers and producers. Thanks to an attention to details and a sharp knowledge of the fans’ de- sires, Tsume Art has won the trust of the most demanding collectors. An outstanding merchandising program completes the experience.

10 11 NEW • FICTION NEW • FICTION ANNE-LAURE BONDOUX CLAIRE RENAUD THE ONE-WINGED ANGEL & JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT April 2020 – 192 p. OH HAPPY DAY ★ Sample translation available

March 2020 – 304 p. It is never too late to build a family, and the chosen ★ Reader’s report and sample translation available ones are sometimes the strongest. Joseph is fifty years old, he is single and works in the lost Life sometimes catches up with you when you are least and found Department at a Parisian station. One evening, expecting it... while Joseph is touring the trains at the garage, he is at- After four years of silence, Pierre-Marie decides to send an email tracted by unusual noises... and discovers an abandoned to Adeline about a black notebook. This is obviously a pretext to baby in a basket under a seat. Touched and destabilized, get back in touch after a long period of prostrating after his "great he decides to take it home. Just for one night. The next misfortune" as he calls it. But Adeline has many other projects right day, after his colleague Adèle helped him clean and now. She is about to publish a book (and what a book!) and to move feed it, he takes her advice and goes to the Department to Toronto with the new man who is sharing her life. However, the of Health and Social Security. But as soon as he passes correspondence eventually grows, dragging the two characters into through the automatic doors, emotion suddenly invades an unexpected whirlwind. him. It's obvious: he can't leave this child here. So for the first time, something happens in Joseph's shipshape and the authors emotionless life. • Film references such as Hunting and Gathering and Anne-Laure Bondoux and Jean-Claude Mourlevat are two My Afternoons with Margueritte for a text of great successful authors of children's books, who have been awar- tenderness about getting a second chance. ded several prestigious prizes. the author • Joseph, Gabrielle, Adèle, Jules: unforgettable cha- Claire Renaud is an editor and author of books racters who are extremely touching thanks to their for children. humility, fragility and generosity in a unique setting: the East station; the Saint Martin canal and the Ar- Also available: dèche department...

SHALL WE DANCE? THE TEAM'S PICK! March 2015 – 279 p. ★ Rights sold: Austria (Paul Zsolnay Verlag), Bulgaria (Hermes Publishers), “How can we not succumb to the charm of the amazing encounter between Joseph and Gabrielle? From China (Guomai Culture & Media Co Ltd), Spain (Planeta), Italy (Longanesi), Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC), Lithuania (Alma Littera Company Limited), Russia (Sindbad the first pages, we are moved by the characters, and we know that we are reading a story that we’ll Publishers), Czech Republic (Argo spol), Taiwan (Ten Points Publishing). remember for a long time.” ★ Reader’s report available Florian Lafani, Publishing director Over 150,000 copies sold “Publishing is made of surprises that make the most powerful novels. The deep sensibility of Claire Renaud’s writing, and her false simplicity take the reader into the intimacy of the characters. The game of love, email and chance. A delicate story, full of humanity.” Pierre-Marie Sotto was awarded the Goncourt Prize some years ago but is Xavier d’Almeida, Acquiring Editor now suffering from writer’s block. This is when he receives a large enve- lope with only an e-mail address written on it. Assuming it’s a manuscript “Such a sweet story and wonderful characters! It is impossible not to fall in love with Joseph’s and unwilling to give his opinion on someone else’s work, he tries to know “tough-yet-truly kind” personality. Joseph, Gabrielle, Adèle and the others will just steal your heart.” where he could send this back. Thus begins a correspondence with Ade- Emeline Colpart, Editor line Parmelan, who says she isn’t a reader like others. They slowly get to know each other through their computer screens revealing their pasts, “I was deeply moved by the story. I had the feeling to findAmélie Poulain and Three Men and a Cradle.” their lives, their hopes and dreams. In the meantime, the envelope is left Thomas Girault, Marketing project manager untouched and soon Adeline doesn’t want Pierre-Marie to open it… Who knows where this could lead them? 12 13 NEW • FICTION NEW • FICTION CHARLYE MÉNÉTRIER MCGRATH MARJORIE TIXIER THE DREAMS WE HAD ORDINARY MORNING January 2020 – 272 p. May 2020 The struggle of a woman, a family, an entire What happened to our dreams? community who learn how to survive a tragedy Florence, Charly, Camille, Marie, Nico… They were a gang of insepa- and to recover. rable friends in high school, always ready to paint the town red and Friday mornings are special for Laurence. A moment to support each other. of peace and freedom in her busy daily life: her work Twenty years later, Florence, Camille and Marie, who are still very as a nurse in the hospital, the education of her two close, have become busy women and active moms, now confronted daughters, the attention she gives to her sick father with divorce, loss, or burn-out. and to her husband. Every Friday morning at exactly When one of them dies in tragic circumstances, Camille retrieves nine o’clock, Laurence puts on her sneakers and goes old videos with them answering the question: “What is happiness running in the forest. She wouldn’t miss this ritual for for you?” An occasion for the friends at the dawn of their forties, the world. For an hour, she can dream of the places to take stock of their lives, their expectations, their current vision of she’s never been to, imagine the words she should say happiness. But above all, it's an opportunity to take on a crazy new to her husband so he can look at her again or to her old challenge: reuniting the gang. nosy neighbour. That Friday, Laurence does not come back at ten o’clock sharp. With an hour’s delay, she • How to find and define happiness, and what we truly expect eventually reappears. But she’s not the same, and her in life. life has changed. After the shock will come the time • The portraits of incredible female characters through the moving for reconstruction. Laurence will have to go deep inside story of a group of friends. herself, discover new forces, relearn to trust others. To finally believe in a new morning, and in starting over. the author the author Born in 1977, Marjorie Tixier lives in Savoie. A pro- • A touching polyphonic novel that shows the flaws Charlye Ménétrier McGrath used to work in the music industry. She is now a writer. fessor of modern literature, she also writes poetry and and hopes of each character: There are the gos- draws her inspiration from music, painting and travel. sipy neighbour, Edmond the silent craftsman, Ordinary morning is her first novel. Charles the nostalgic father... CRAZY OLD FOLKS • The novel was first self-published. May 2019 – 264 p. Nearly 25,000 copies sold! « 80 is the new 20 » Jeanne has been placed in a retirement home by her 5 children. She thus decides to drive them crazy, pretending she is suffering from senile dementia. Her little game draws the attention of a merry band of old troublemakers, convinced that it is still time to overcome their regrets. • Feel the wing of freedom: these guys don’t have time to loose with complaints, regrets and doubts. • Vivacious, caustic and definitely funny… but not only! • Winner of the 2016 “Aufeminin e-write award”, which revealed among others Virginie Grimaldi and Olivier Norek

"This novel deals with a serious subject in a hilarious way and that does a world of good.” Femme Actuelle

14 15 NEW • FICTION NEW • FICTION ANTOINE PAJE ISABELLE DESESQUELLES FROM THE TOP OF A BLADE UNBURDEN YOURSELF OF GRASS, YOU CAN CLEARLY May 2020 – 144 p. SEE THE EARTH A glowing love story under the Sahara sun. Making love…when it’s love that makes us. Bringing an end April 2020 – 216 p. to a disastrous marriage, Claire flies to the Sahara. Aït, des- A salutary return to the roots. cendant of the blue men of the desert, will guide her where she never thought she would go. Far from the noise of the He is a senior Parisian executive who is living between Paris, New world, they have seven days to unveil who they really are. York and London. His only experience with the countryside is when Because both of them are hiding a secret. he picked blackberries one day along a track and when riding a Their past could separate or unite them forever. bike on the Breton coast. But now he decides that what he lives is hollow and false and that • A wonderful female character trying to recover her di- his true life is elsewhere. It's going to be a big shock, because, of gnity and reconnect with herself course, nothing is as he imagined it would be. • A poetic, voluptuous and sensitive writing His new neighbour is a beekeeper and looks at him as a not too • “This novel was born with me, it comes from my Berber smart or friendly Martian. origins, and has grown during my winters in the desert.” Between quarrels, angry outbursts and attraction, these two cer- Isabelle Desesquelles tainly slowly but surely move towards a love story that started very, very badly. the author the author • An ode to nature, bees, rural life, with a love story as a back- Antoine Paje managed a business and Isabelle Desesquelles is a writer and has founded a wri- drop. worked abroad for several years until he ter’s residency. • 4th title of the author after the success of And he spoke to me realized that he wasn’t happy. This is how of cherry trees, dust and a mountain (Over 90,000 copies sold). he decided to learn to get to know himself. His books are based on his personal expe- riences and aim at helping others.

Also available: ISABELLE NEVER Et elle me parla d'un érable, du sourire de l'eau et de l'éternité: China (Beijing Xiron Books), Italy (TEA) IT IS NEVER LATER THAN MIDNIGHT Mes mots sont les fleurs de ton silence: China (Beijing United Geadron Culture), Spain (Planeta) August 2019 – 360 p. Et il me parla de cerisiers, de poussières et d'une montagne...: China (Beijing Xiron Books), Italy (TEA), Spain (Planeta) Learning how to live after a tragedy. Seul celui qui se perd se retrouve un jour: Korea She has left Paris with a one-way ticket. The Seine and the rain re- minded her too much of her husband and her daughters. There, in Burma, where they had been so happy, maybe she will be able to make peace with the past and find her way back to life.

the author Isabelle Never is a globetrotter at heart. She works in humanitarian life and development aid. She is living in Laos since 2012, after spen- ding 6 years in Burma. It’s never later than midnight is her first novel.

16 17 NEW • NON FICTION NEW • NOIR STELLA DELMAS HERVÉ COMMÈRE MAKING EVERY DAY A HAPPY DAY LOOK March 2020 – 320 p. January 2020 – 195 p. A psychological and deceitful Bonnie and Clyde. Happiness is fleeting, but rests in the small things. Adopt rituals, they are essential! A long time ago, Mylène was in love with Paco. Together, they have painted the town red, until they got caught during the rob- New rituals to feel good. Take a step back, and make your life bery of a jewelry shop in Spain. Mylène never saw Paco again as happier and lighter. Colour therapy, essential oils, meditation, he was stabbed in his prison-cell. breathing… A little help to reach a happier everyday life. Today, Mylène is free. She works in a second-hand shop in the Parisian suburbs, and lives in an attic room. Sometimes at the author weekends, she rents a flat somewhere else, and dreams about Stella Delmas is passionate about meditation and psycholo- a new life for herself. The one she could have had if she hadn’t gy. She has written several self-help books. made the mistakes she did. But this weekend, Mylène isn’t dreaming. In the caravan she has rented, everything reminds her of Paco: the furniture, the objects… his picture is even hanged on the wall! As impossible as it seems, she feels she is in his home…

• We cross the path of characters from the author’s previous the author novel: Mirror Image. Hervé Commère wrote several short Also available: • As for his previous novels, the author is interested in the small stories and multi-awarded novels. OLIVIA MOORE events that can change destiny. MIRROR IMAGE CULPAFUCK! During a terrible fire, Mathieu lost his parents. When a family photo album October 2018 – 144 p. mysteriously reappears years later, his life will be shattered again. ★ Rights sold: Italy (Salani) • When everybody seems to have lied, to whom one can turn? The POP manifesto to finally stop feeling like shit Family, friends, work, couple, body, children ... The author ex- “Hervé Commère confirms his status as a French author poses many situations and how to stop feeling guilty constantly: to follow.” LIFE-SAVING! Point de Vue “A page turner that drives you crazy.” the author Page des Libraires For 13 years, Olivia Moore had a “real” job, children and a husband. In 2011, she decided to ruin everything to become a playwright and comedian. This is how she created a suc- cessful show on the joys and disappointments of parenthood . Also available: In July 2018, her new show is about loving oneself. Imagine le reste/Guess the End: Japan (Shueisha) Le deuxième homme/The Second Man: China (CS Booky) Les ronds dans l’eau/Ripples in Water Japan (Shueisha) Ce qu’il nous faut, c’est un mort/What We Need is a Dead Body J’attraperai ta mort/Catching your Death

18 19 NEW • NOIR NEW • NOIR HERVÉ JOURDAIN SOPHIE LOUBIÈRE TERMINAL 4 FIVE BURNT CARDS

April 2020 – 320 p. January 2020 – 352 p. Charles de Gaulle Airport, destination : danger! Our life is a deck of cards that are constantly being Sabrina Cherifi, 23, won a competition on energy played. consumption organized by the French Ministry of Green Mr and Mrs Graissac live with their two children in a sinister pavilion in Transition. She focused her project on Charles de Gaulle Saint Flour in the Auvergne region. They divorce after he is suspected Airport, where she was hired. But her body is soon found of sexual touching on his daughter. Thierry, their son, finds it a mali- in the trunk of a car, in a vacant lot that a few activists cious pleasure to harass his sister Laurence with incessant mockery of have recently declared a “Zone To Defend”, so as to her obesity. But the latter still devotes blind and unconditional love to prevent the new terminal project to be achieved. her brother and father. She picks herself up thanks to high-performance sport until the day her mother and brother have a car accident: Thierry • After Surveillance and I Must Not Play At God, the Des- is seriously wounded and Mrs Graissac is sent to a mental institution. granges group is back. Divisional Commissioner Hervé Laurence comes back home to take care of her brother and financial- Compostel, head of the Paris Criminal Brigade, is a ly support her family. This is how she starts working at the casino in former member of the Financial Brigade. He has no se- Chaudes-Aigues where she meets the man who will change her life the author crets for Lieutenant Lola Rivière, 29, who allowed him dramatically. Sophie Loubière dedicated herself to shed light on his son's suicide and has a paternal to journalism for 17 years. She pu- tenderness for her who is fighting relentlessly against • The myth of the femme fatale adapted by Sophie Loubière. blished her first novel in 1999. She’s Crohn's disease. Silent and mysterious Commander • The astonishing portrait of a young woman, both victim and malicious, the author of nine novels, along with Guillaume Desgranges used to work at the Research which makes this book a tremendous psychological thriller or a bril- numerous short stories and radio liant and definitely modern noir novel. dramas. In 2011, she gained interna- and Intervention Brigade. His wife has been missing the author for 10 years and he has raised his son Victor alone. He • A novel dealing with psychological manipulation – including that of tional recognition with her novel The Stone Boy and the support of her has strong friendships with Brigadier Zoé Dechaume, Former Captain at the Paris Criminal Brigade, the reader – that illustrates how deceiving appearances can be and Hervé Jourdain is the author of Sang d’encre now dear friend, Thomas H.Cook. 33 years old, an accomplished sportswoman and bad- how violent other people’s gaze can be. au 36 (Prix des lecteurs du Grand Prix VSD du In addition to being a novelist, So- minton fan. polar, 2009), Psychose au 36 (2011), Sang de la phie is an Associate of the SACD • A suspenseful thriller dealing with topical ecological trahison (Prix du Quai des Orfèvres, 2014). Re- “A psychological thriller about mental (Dramatics Authors and Conduc- issues. cently appointed as a Commander, he is now manipulation and the way other people look tors Society), and thus works to working for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. at you, brilliantly conducted from the first lines defend, promote and support au- to the final twist.” thors in their environment. She’s also a specialist in film music. Biblioteca Magazine She lives near Paris with her hus- Also available: “A high-flying psychological thriller! […] band and two children. The author manages to portray the social distress I MUST NOT PLAY AT GOD of the outcasts, to analyse the twists and turns of October 2018 – 416 p. the human heart, to clarify ambivalent feelings and Between France and Belgium, two women will run after secrets that silence, and eventually to accurately describe the fear of going insane. kill those who know them. Here is a thriller that will keep you awake until morning!” Pages des libraires SURVEILLANCE Awarded the Also available: April 2017 – 528 p. 2017 Grand Prix L’enfant aux cailloux/The Stone Boy: US (Grand Central), UK (Sphere) When sex, politics and security interwine. Sang d'Encre À la mesure de nos silences/Things Left Unsaid in Vienne Black Coffee/White Coffee

20 21 NEW • NOIR NEW • NOIR CHRISTIAN CARAYON CÉCILE CABANAC THE BREHAT ISLAND CASTAWAYS REQUIEM FOR A DIAMOND March 2020 – 468 p. February 2020 – 400 p. A fantastic setting in a misty and mysterious Murders are all multi-facetted… atmosphere. As soon as Virginie Sevran, the chief inspector of the Judi- 1925. Everything seems so out of control that a prediction ciary Police Regional Department of Versailles, has caught a that announces the end of time at the winter solstice is serial rapist, she is called on an unusual crime-scene. She seriously considered. For Martial de la Boissière, the leads the investigation with her friend and colleague Pierre sinking of a sailboat off the Bréhat island takes away his Biolet, who has just joined her team. childhood friend and, thus, the last thread that connected They inspect the place closely together, and discover the him to it. But when Martial decides to dig a little deeper, body of Victor Bardier, a jeweler of the Faubourg Saint-Ho- he discovers that it might not be an accident. From then noré in Paris. His mutilated body was found in a bloodbath on, his investigation will not stop bringing him back to this by the cleaning lady. island with two faces, where the secrets of a rich family Meanwhile, his wife is nowhere to be found… mix with rumours of witchcraft, while he has to face his own dark side. Because it’s not only at sea that we could • A perfect balance between procedural and atmosphe- find castaways. ric noir novel. • A determined woman cop. • An investigation in the smart suburb of Versailles, with the international diamond traffic in the background. the author the author Christian Carayon is native of the South of France. He has been teaching history and geography in se- Cécile Cabanac was a TV journalist for se- venteen years (France 2, 5, TF1, M6, Arte...). condary school for more than 15 years. Passionate Also available: about literature, he began his journey as a writer in She left Paris a few years ago to go back to the 2012 with The Devil on the Shoulders. NO TEARS AT HOME Basque Country with her husband and son. February 2019 – 456 p. Prequel Also available: “Where we are, THE DEVIL ON Torrents/Rivers There's daggers in men's smiles: Un souffle, une ombre/ the near in blood, A Breath, A Shade: The nearer bloody.” THE SHOULDERS – William Shakespeare, Macbeth Germany (BTB), Following an umpteenth dispute with her husband François, ★ Rights sold : Germany (BTB) Italy (Sperling), ★ Reader’s report available Catherine Renon decides to spend a few dayswith her child- Spain (Salamandra), ren at her sister’s house. When they come back, he is gone. The Netherlands Catherine does not seem troubled and decides to focus on Over 50,000 copies sold (Luitingh/Sijthoff) her life. Her fickle husband must have left with his latest 1924. The succession of murders in conquest. a small French village in the Tarnese Her mother-in-law, a lonely, violent and bitterwidow who mountains brings back the ghosts of devotes a real cult to her son, does not understandher cold- the past. ness as she has not even reported the disappearance to the police in 4 days. • An interesting mix between Simenon Then a body is found and it turns out to be François Renon. & Hitchcock! Catherine’s attitude and detachment make her the first suspect. But between family secrets and conditioning, in- fluence, frustrations, underlying violence and unsaid things, the truth may not be where we are looking for it… 22 23 BESTSELLERS BESTSELLERS JEAN D’AILLON CLAUDE IZNER EDWARD HOLMES ROARING TWENTIES & GOWER WATSON IN PARIS 4 titles available January 2020 – 264 p. Investigations to the beat of jazz and 7 titles available foxtrot. Over 200,000 copies sold Paris in the 20’s. Jeremy Nelson, a young Ame- rican, has come to the capital to find some A reinterpretation of Conan Doyle's heroes in answers about his father and his roots. But he Paris ruled by an English king. seems attracted to troubles as everywhere he 1424. The Duke of Burgundy is hosting celebrations in goes he is confronted to mysterious deaths. his Parisian hotel for a wedding. Festivities continue at the hotel de Bourbon, to celebrate a military victory over “A delightful and incredibly the King of France, Charles 7th. accurate reconstruction As everyone is rejoicing, a dreadful criminal is on the of Paris at the time of the loose and two women disappear. Edward Holmes has Roaring Twenties.” to investigate. Biba

• A key author of historical novels. • A series staging major historical events: The Hundred Years' War, The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, The Treaty of Troyes, Joan of Arc etc.... the author the author Claude Izner is the pen name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre, who are both Jean d'Aillon born in 1948, lives in Aix-en-Provence. A State Doctor in Economics, he spent a large part of second-hand booksellers along the Seine. his career at university as a teacher of economic history and macroeconomics, then in the Finance Admi- nistration, before resigning in 2007 to devote himself to writing. In 2011, he received the Grand prix littéraire de Provence for his whole work. MYSTERIES IN PARIS SERIES COMPLETED 12 titles available Over 830,000 copies sold in France ★ English translations available ★ Rights sold: US (St Martin’s Press), UK (Gallic Books), Italy (Nord/TEA), Also available: Germany (Pendo), Russia (AST/Astrel), Sweden (Kabusa Böcker), Brasil (Nemo)

Each investigation is set in a famous place of Paris. Paris, at the end of the 19th Century. Victor Legris is in his 30’s and works as a bookseller. He regularly finds himself confronted with mysteries and that’s good luck because he loves acting as a detective. Embark with the author Claude Izner on an unusual walk across the Capital of Lights.

24 25 BESTSELLERS BESTSELLERS VIVIANE MOORE GILLES LEGARDINIER ALCHEMIA The man who knows how February 2014 3 titles available to combine humour and emotion Over 400,000 copies sold like no one else. XVIth century. Follow Sybille Le Noir, a strong and Over 4 million copies sold worldwide unconventional young woman well versed in alche- my, in the tumultuous times of the Wars of Religion. Sample English translations and Reader’s reports available Teamed up with Jean de Montcel, a policeman, she will have to solve crimes surrounded by alchemy and NO MORE, I PROMISE! its mysteries. November 2011 ★ Rights sold: Germany (Goldmann), Italy (Mondadori), Spain (Alfaguara), “A fascinating thriller with the wars Czech Republic (Domino), Hungary (Park), Poland (Sonia Draga), Greece of religion as a backdrop.” (Patakis), Russia (Sindbad), Turkey (Pegasus), China (Straits Multi- Page des libraries Media), Korea (Sweet Books), Taiwan (Ecus), Vietnam (Nha Nam), Bulgaria (Hermes), Latvia (Zvaigzne), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Brazil (Arqueiro), Croatia (Znanje), Ukraine (Vivat) ★ Film rights sold the author Gilles Legardinier The fabulous destiny of Julie, desperately romantic and utterly is an all around wri- the author ter of feel-good novels, thrillers (which Photographer when she was 19, Viviane Moore clumsy. won various awards) and children became then an independent journalist before books as well. devoting herself entirely to writing. Her series of historical novels quickly made her known to the public.

VENETIAN CRIME SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER January 2019 – 336 p. October 2015 An old legend says that a mounster lies dormant under ★ Rights sold: Germany (Goldmann), Russia (Sindbad), Taiwan (Ecus) the archipelago. Only the so called “Lagoon Keepers” How a happy band of straightforward and endearing old people could can keep it under control. help a father whose daughter is already 20. Venice, 1162. Buried bones are discovered under the ruins of a church. A few days later, a corpse is found in the Rivoalto’s channel. This murder tarnishes the name of Doge Vitale II Michiel. Is it a politi- cal crime, an act of revenge or a curse? Hugues de Tarse, with the precious help of Eleonor de Fierville, will understand the fatal role of Venetian women in what is a dark story of Also available: love, jealousy and hatred. Complètement Cramé/Well Done!: Germany (Goldmann), Spain (Planeta), Brazil (Arqueiro), Czech Republic (Domino), Poland (Sonia Draga), Latvia (Zvaigzne), Bulgaria (Hermes), Turkey (Pegasus), • A clever and romantic plot, in a rare and fascinating setting. Taiwan (Walker Culture), Vietnam (Nha Nam) • A dive into medieval Venice, so different from the one we know Ca peut pas rater/A Sure Fire Thing: Germany (Goldmann), Spain (Planeta), Czech republic (Domino), today, but just as enchanting. Greece (Patakis), Russia (Sindbad), Taiwan (Ecus), Vietnam (Nha Nam) Et soudain tout change/Summer’s lease: Lease Czech Republic (Domino), Poland (Sonia Draga), Turkey (Pegasus), Taiwa

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Adapted to GUILLAUME screen, over DELPHINE GIRAUD 1 million tickets sold FIRST LOVE, ONLY LOVE CLICQUOT July 2019 – 360 p. HAPPY RETIREMENT! Over 10,000 copies sold June 2018 – 288 p. ★ Rights sold: Poland (Swiat ksiaki) And you, do you believe in second chances? A fresh retired couple is well decided Since their teenage years, Rachel and Vincent have li- to leave for the sunny coast of Portugal… ved a strong and passionate love. But a few days after but their family won’t let them go so their ten years’ anniversary, Vincent disappears. His crashed motorcycle is found on the side of the road, but easily! not his body. Françoise and Philippe are 60 years old. They have Six years later, while Rachel is still trying to overcome been waiting for years before being finally able to this loss, she accidentally comes across a man who retire. Everything is almost done. The house is sold, looks just like him in the streets of Paris. Certain that it the dream house in Portugal is bought, the loans is him but completely destabilized, she misses her date are repaid and they have even found a place in a with destiny ... and the man goes away without even retirement home for Philippe’s mother, the old and having noticed her. bad-tempered Mamiline. With the help of Gautier, her impulsive cousin, and Ca- There is one thing they could not have foreseen, role, her vivacious and bubbly twin sister, Rachel will their daughter separates from her husband who lead the investigation, more determined than ever to ends up living with them. And to top everything, find him and discover the truth. the author they have to look after their grandchildren! They Will she find him? Was it really him? And if so, why was Delphine Giraud lives in Vendée with her hus- will have to redouble their mischief to escape this he declared dead? band and two children. She has been passionate ordeal, otherwise… goodbye sun and peaceful re- about reading and writing since she was a child. tirement! • An event publication of this first self-published novel She is 35 and this is her first novel. • Funny, sharp quid pro quo, over-the-top situations: which was a great success on the Internet all the good ingredients of a comedy gathered! (4,2/5 and 308 comments on Amazon) • Current themes: energetic young retired, their thirst for freedom, expatriation… the author Readers’ Feedbacks Guillaume Clicquot is a writer and a scriptwriter. “Thank you Delphine for this first novel that exceeds my expectations. Not everyone has this talent, Bravo!” Christelle “A total success for this first novel because everything is there: love, humour, suspense with twists and turns thanks to a well-written and well-crafted plot.” Virginie “What are you waiting for to buy it?” Frédéric

30 31 FICTION FICTION DENIS FAÏCK ROMAN STRAJNIC WHERE THE FREE SOULS MEET GUYS LIKE US October 2019 – 288 p. April 2019 – 208 p. “Really, nothing forced them to fight, The job description is clear: the nothing but their free soul.” candidate has to be smart enough to ask Army of Shadows by Joseph Kessel him/herself questions and stupid enough At the end of his life, Eugene crosses paths with a young not to be able to find answers. nurse to whom he delivers his memories of the Resistance. In a villa on the hills of Los Angeles, two influential Sometimes tinged with sadness, sometimes bursting with cinema producers are distressed to discover Days hope, they summon his friends Eva, Romain, Raoul, Armand in Hell, which is part of the official selection at the and Marinette ... They are twenty years old and their whole Cannes Film Festival. life's ahead. In Cannes, Dusan Savievic is appointed to ensure the These ordinary heroes, who have chosen to join a Resistance protection of the film crew and especially of the lead network, will take part in a fight that is beyond them. Injus- actress, the world famous young star, Kristen War- tices, fear of being arrested, fear of being denounced, fear of wick. being betrayed under torture or to betray... All the absurdity Dusan is a discreet, helpful, athletic and disciplined and cruelty of war are depicted here. boy who lives a simple life, far from tumult, glitter and Even if Eugene keeps an impression of sweetness and hope, glory. This job is an opportunity and he is well decided because for this band of idealists, it’s for life. to seize it. But between what he thinks the job is and the author the reality, there is a world. Indeed, some people are • Multiple stories experienced by different characters that ready to do anything to save the film. Denis Faïck is a philosophy teacher at the illustrate the quest for freedom and commitment. And what the author university of Toulouse, but also for aerospace about us, what have we done since our 20s? engineering students and for people in voca- Roman Strajnic • We think of Army of Shadows, but also Roberto Benigni's was born in 1977. Son of Serbian tional rehabilitation. He is also a yoga teacher political immigrants, he worked as a film distributor and the author of several self-help books. Life Is Beautiful: young people who hope and continue to live and was in charge of organizing film crew’s stay in each moment to the fullest despite the constant tension. Cannes during thirteen years.

“If Roman Strajnic uses the codes of detective novels, with a nod to Brian De Palma, this is first and foremost a delightful satire of vanity in the film industry.” Figaro Magazine

Also available: THE MOVING STORY OF A GIRL WITH A SHOTGUN IN HER MOUTH Amélie Poulain on valium.

32 33 FICTION FICTION MICHAËL MENTION NADINE MONFILS MANHATTAN CHAOS THE DREAM OF A MADMAN March 2019 – 216 p. September 2019 – 128 p. New York, July 13th 1977. A total blackout para- Dreams drive tears away. lyzes Manhattan and will change Miles Davis’ life. This is a fiction inspired by Ferdinand Cheval, the "genius While the city is bankrupt, an unprecedented heat wave madman" who built the Ideal Palace in Hauterives in rages and the killer "Son of Sam" roams the streets. the Drôme department. He has just lost his 15 years old Cloistered at home since 2 years, gnawed by drugs and daughter Alice. During his tours as a postman, he befrien- weakened by various aches, the famous musician Miles ded a painter who hadn't seen his for a very long time. Davis has put an end to his career and is bogged down These two men are brought together by pain. When the in depression. But everything is going to change. As the painter dies, his daughter finally writes to him. Too late! light turns off, Miles doesn’t have any other choice but to But Cheval answers her as if he were her father. Because go out. He will roam the streets stormed by the crowd and dreaming is still the only thing that can save humans. start a hallucinatory trip that will revive some of the most significant, the most tragic, the most violent episodes in the • A tribute to freedom, poetry, art and faith in what is history of the city. beyond us. All this arranged by some John, who promises Miles 14 years more to live if he accepts to play music again… or “This book is a very nice story death at dawn… about dreams and how to overcome our misfortunes. Don't miss this great • A dark novel carried by a hallucinated style and a frenetic literary achievement!” countdown. the author GÉRARD COLLARD for le magazine DE LA SANTÉ the author • A dive in the minds of Miles Davis and the history of New Michaël Mention was born in 1979. Passio- Nadine Monfils York. nate about drawing and writing from a very is a Belgian from Montmartre. early age, his detective trilogy was awarded “In this short novel, it's all about Author of more than seventy novels, she has re- with the Grand Prix du Roman Noir at the passion, dreams and ambition. It makes ceived the Cognac Crime Festival Award, the Beaune International Festival in 2013 and with Saint-Maur en poche Award and the Griffe Noire us feel a desire for freedom, a strength Award for her whole work. the Prix Transfuge Meilleur Espoir Polar in to surpass ourselves.” 2015. His novel Power received the Grand Prix at the Festival Sans Nom in 2018. PAGE DES LIBRAIRES

“Between reality and fiction, the author achieves a real tour de force, even allowing himself to reinvent the past of a Miles Davis who faces a racism even worse than the one he experienced. Moreover, the author gives his story a rhythm that reminds us of a THE MAN WHO DISPERSED THE CLOUDS jazzman in the seventies, between sparkles and deceptive calm. To be published in September 2020 Absolutely magnificent.” There is no age to pursue one's dreams and unexpected encounters can sometimes bring a little CLOSER sunshine back into life... Frank, a taxi driver, is at a turning point in his life. He receives a call from Louise, an old lady, who asks him to accompany her on a one-way trip to Enghien where she wants to find the great love of her life again. This is the beginning of an adventure full of surprises during which their respective skies will clear up.

34 35 THRILLER • NOIR THRILLER • NOIR Adapted to screen, Awarded 9 Magrittes in ELENA PIACENTINI BARBARA ABEL February 2020* VAST AS THE DARK OF NIGHT BEHIND HATRED August 2019 – 312 p. April 2012 – 320 p. ★ Reader’s report available Over 90,000 copies sold One summer, when she was 9, her viola teacher mysteriously disappeared. The same day, Mathilde fell Is it really just a figment of her imagination or off her bike. From this event, she has only kept a scar has her friend really become her worst enemy? on her head and an olfactory hypersensitivity that makes • The movie by Olivier Masset-Depasse was released in May her nauseous. It was 30 years ago and it still haunts 2019 under title Duelles (Mother's Instinct). • The cocoon-like atmosphere in protected suburbs, where the her to this day. pace is easy, serves as a backdrop to tragic stories where mad- It is always the same nightmare that wakes police captain Mathilde Sé- ness and the evil flourish. We suffocate in the open! néchal from her sleep. She, as a child, riding on her bicycle, her throat and nose attacked by a menthol stench, fleeing she does not know what or who. And then the fall. “If you like Desperate Housewives, Why does this bike accident still haunt her? Are her increased olfactory acuity you will like Behind Hatred.” and phobia of mint consecutive to her head trauma, as all doctors claim? elle the author What if these symptoms were the after-effects of an earlier shock? Elena Piacentini is the author of seven When her group leader and closest friend decides to disappear at sea, he Best picture thrillers and received several awards leaves something behind to help her to reconstruct the puzzle of her story. * Best directing (you may know her series featuring the This time, Mathilde will have to face the past and the little girl she once was. Best adapted or original screenplay the author Corsican Pierre-Arsène Leoni publi- Best Actress in a leading role shed by Au-Dela du raisonnable). Barbara Abel is a renowned author of thril- • Her previous novel (see below) received the Transfuges Award in 2017 Best Actor in a supporting role lers, now published by Belfond. (Best French Polar). Best Cinematography • Powerful writing and strong characters! Best Film editing Best Original score Best Sound editing. “The most sensitive writing in women’s crime fiction.” Michel Bussi Prequel Prequel BEHIND THE GRIEF LINGERING ECHOES November 2013 – 360 p. ★ Reader’s report available ★ Sample English translation and

Reader’s report available Over 40,000 copies sold History repeats itself. So do crimes… Tiphaine and Sylvain have lived together for almost 20 years. Today The body of a woman shot in the head is found by her husband. And their their couple is struggling and raising their 15 years old son Milo isn’t three-month old son is missing. Mathilde Sénéchal, a policewoman known for making things any easier. A classic situation except that Milo is the son her efficiency, her severity (let’s says her coldness) is in charge of the investiga- of their ex-neighbours who committed suicide 8 years before and was tion. When a retired cop shows up to explain that the same but never solved case the best friend of their son Maxime who died suddenly at the age of 7. happened 20 years ago, everything’s going to change. Here is the beginning of a The day a new neighbour and her little boy move into the townhouse race against time to find the child, alive. next door, the past resurfaces… “With this literary novel, in between classicism and boldness, Elena Piacentini is the new author “A plot behind closed doors, characters close of French thrillers to follow.” to us, Barbara Abel delivers a chilling story Transfuge as it looks so real.” Point de vue 36 3737 THRILLER • NOIR THRILLER • NOIR JÉRÔME CAMUT BERTRAND PUARD RISTRETTO & NATHALIE HUG June 2019 – 384 p. EVIL WILL COME For some people, coffee must be black as hell, March 2019 – 560 p. strong as death and sweet as love. In Provence, in the villa of her friend Nina, Clara Brunante, "We alerted you to the inestimable value a former deontologist employed in a commodity trading of water. You did not want to see. So we made firm, tries to rebuild her life with her son Theo after a sui- you thirsty, and you killed each other. Do we cide attempt. The bullet is still lodged in her head, cau- have to pile six thousand corpses of children sing aggravated somnambulism and hypermnesia. After in front of your doors so that you finally react? " strange dreams she has one night, a body is discovered Two fathers whom everything gathers and opposes. on the property. Julian Stark who is willing to do anything to get his daughter It is Casper Mud, a former colleague. A few days later, du- Charlie out of radicalization, and Morgan Scali, victim of ter- ring the G10, the President’s special adviser kills himself. rorism, a humanist, who will take up arms to impose his ideas. He also used to work for the trading company. Soon after, Which of the two is honourable? another current employee is found dead and a famous cof- The one who wants to save his child or the other, who wants fee merchant is murdered. to save all the children of the world? Each had in his possession a coffee cherry engraved with an ampersand. • A unique thriller about the excesses of our society in the The situation becomes extremely worrying for the com- vein of Jean-Christophe Rufin:Le parfum d'Adam. pany whose CEO, Victor d'Amadieu, contacts Clara and the author • An ambitious novel about a current environmental issue. asks her for help and expertise, despite their rough past. Bertrand Puard used to work in finance. He is • Strong and complex characters. From France to Brazil via the United States, Vietnam, Italy the author of radio serials, adult and children’s and Ethiopia, a hunt begins. novels (Cognac Crime Festival Award in 2001, With the help of Nina and Nicolas, to d'Amadieu's myste- Cognac Crime Festival for Children Award in rious and seductive henchman, Clara will have to discover 2012). the person who is hiding behind these death-waving am- ISLANOVA persands and especially why these suicides look so much like executions... October 2017 – 784 p. “An energetic way of writing Does a fight stop being legitimate when violence is the • An addictive thriller. for a breathless hunt.” L’Amour des Livres only resort ? • A strong female character. When Julian and Wanda discover their children’s relationship, Leny, 18 and • A dive into the world of coffee: from production to trade “This is a great financial Charlie, 16, run away from home. Even though they’re not related, the pa- and its international issues. detective story.” rents disapprove of their love story within their reconstituted family. The tee- • The characters are real coffee lovers : the way they des- Page des Libraires nagers take refuge on the Oléron Island where they join a “Zone to Defend”. cribe the smell, the taste, their drinking experience is There, wishful dreamers live together with eco-terrorists who believe that offering a wealth of learning opportunities. violence is the only way to be heard.

the authors Jérôme Camut and Nathalie Hug are the authors of 12 novels to- gether that have sold nearly 500,000 copies.

38 3939 THRILLER • NOIR NOIR • FANTASY • WESTERN 20th FRÉDÉRIC DARD Anniversary MICHEL ROBERT the author THE ANGEL OF CHAOS Frédéric Dard (1921-2000) wrote a great nu- mber of works, using either his own name or First volume published in June 2008 – 400 p. that of one of his numerous aliases – especial- World peace is based on the precarious balance between the Kingdoms of Darkness, ly San-Antonio, with a total of over 220 million copies sold. Chaos and the Empire of Light. In the constant fight opposing the three of them, the Chaos forces hold an important weapon: Cellendhyll of Cortavar. Promised to become the new champion of the Light, he has been betrayed by his companions and left for dead. But NOVELS OF THE NIGHT Sir Morion, the Lord of Chaos, has taken him in. He is now the Fallen Angel and soon 29 titles available entrusted with a mission that could allow him to satisfy his desire for vengeance. Allied ★ Rights sold: UK (Pushkin Press), Sweden with Gheritarish, a being born of magic, he’s got a significant role to play in the Chaos’ 10th and last volume (Nilsson Förlag), the Netherlands (De Geus), “Melancholy and atmospheric, with plans. But how long will Cellendhyll agree to be merely a weapon in the hands of masters? Italy (Rizzoli), Spain (Siruela) to be published ★ Film rights sold a twist worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best, this brief tale has • Cellendhyll of Cortavar, the Angel of Chaos is a tough and nearly invincible warrior. in 2020 • Genre : Psychological Suspense the hallmark of classic French noir.” Between Chaos and Light, he will cross the paths of friends, enemies, lovers. • Recurrent characters : Dual and captivating The Guardian • A Dark Fantasy series for adults colored with violence, eroticism, and dark humour femmes fatales / Men mistreated by life in the vein of “The Chronicles of Amber” by Roger Zelazny, “Elric of Melniboné” by Recurrent Topic : Manipulation “The “unknown” French master of noir.” Michael Moorcock and “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R Martin • The Observer • Tone : Dark, even desperate • You won’t find any equivalent in France in terms of longevity and loyalty of readers (more than 200,000 copies sold!). • A role play currently in progress! SAN-ANTONIO • 2 spin-off series sponsored by the author and inspired by the universe and the charac- ★ Rights sold: Italy (E/O), Romania (Univers) ters of the series A series of 175 noir novels published from 1949 to 2001 written by Frédéric Dard under the pen-name San-Antonio, that is also the name of the main Also available: character, a bon-vivant and seductive police chief who tells his investigations. LARGO CALLAHAN It has become cult thanks to a specific universe and language. January and October 2019 – 400 p. Straddling between two worlds that constantly repel him, caught between two female fires and confronted with extraordinary events, Largo Callahan will have to make his way to protect his men and fulfil his destiny. Largo Callahan is half Apache, half Irish and constantly torn between his two per- sonalities. His father was killed before his eyes by Yankees when he was 10 years old and since then he has only lived for revenge. But he must also deserve his status as a gang leader. When he saves the life of a beautiful Italian countess, Chyaris di Sforza-Uberti, and accepts the mission she entrusts him with, he does not know that a terrible prophecy will then be fulfilled and that only a pact with the devil will allow Also available:  him to take his revenge. • An unclassified project mixing classic western with Fantasy elements, powerful fe- FRANÇOIS RIVIÈRE male characters and very sensual scenes. FRÉDÉRIC DARD, OR THE PRIVATE the author A former high-level handballer, writer and father, role-player, lover of good wines LIFE OF SAN-ANTONIO and American series, Michel Robert is the author of the famous hit saga "L'Agent A new edition of his biography to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fré- des Ombres" (200,000 copies sold). With “Largo Callahan”, he pays a personal déric Dard’s death. Official stamps will also be available from 15th May ! tribute to his favorite genre, which has shaped his imagination: western.

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VINCENT VILLEMINOT Readers’ Feedbacks “Here is everything that makes up a life, with its bad choices and great joys. For a few days, the THIS FLAME IN US ghosts of the past, the present and the future are brought into focus, meeting and separating in an attempt to save three children captured by dangerous poachers. Vincent Villeminot leads us April 2019 – 512 p. into a magnificent text, between dystopia and near future Sci Fi. He gives us an astute look at the > Target: mixed, 14+ torment of youth and the questions that inhabit it.” ★ Sample translation available Le Monde des Libraires Is it possible to create a free society on the fringes of ours or is it just a utopia? “It is a subtle text, which prefers to say 'I don’t have the answers yet, but I am trying to find them, Nowadays, across the world, intergenerational tensions are increa- and here is what I think for the time being’ rather than providing a simplistic answer to a problem sing and young adults are taking to the streets. But instead of sinking of infinite complexity. This is what I liked the most: Vincent depicts three generations, three waves into violence, they decide this time to withdraw, break all ties with that collide and break against the same shore. […] He grew a forest of millenium trees in this previous generations, and leave to live in the forest. Among them, future where I saw only a hole. I needed to read that. Thank you!" former hooligans Pibe, La Houle and Jay, along with the two students Aylin Manço, author of La dernière marée published by Talents Hauts Éditions who have initiated the movement: Xavier & Antigone. They build a village; collaborate with the local peasants... Utopia seems on the "[...] Vincent's novel is an experience in reading, in literature. [...] To summarise it for you would right track. But this new existence will not take the hoped-for turn, not do it justice. It is a grandiose novel, a unique human and revolutionary adventure. On a theme and 20 years later, only a handful of resistance still inhabit these rebel that may be reminiscent of "classical" dystopia - youth who seek to dissociate themselves from villages. the world of adults, who disappointed them, and organize a great revolution, Vincent Villeminot 20 years later. Society is becoming safer. University campuses, wonders about utopia and, particularly interesting, about what happens after this revolution. What the author if we were wrong? Vincent Villeminot graduated from a which are made up of huge rows of containers, far from the cities, are circled by drones. Allis is a member of a commando in charge of We just do not come out from this reading unscathed. A novel that haunts, in the good sense of journalism school and the Paris Insti- the term, a novel that makes sense, that challenges, that strikes us straight in the heart. Well tute of Political Studies. He is the au- protecting the animals and their environment: the forest. When she done, Mr Villeminot!" thor of around fifteen books dedicated is arrested by the poachers, she meets Adam, the son of Xavier & to children and young adults that are Antigone. http://bobetjeanmichel.com/ very specific as they combine humor 15 years later still: Dan, 14, Montana, 13, and the little Judith, and sensitivity and are explaining age 8, Allis and Adam’s children, play and live simple adventures in “This great political novel is first and foremost the story of a utopia, both necessary and impossible things. harmony with nature, in the forest on the fringes of civilization. But at the same time. Three generations over half a century, a narrative that goes back and forth in menacing adults are circling around them. Even if friendly shadows time, as if to grasp the continuity of the vital, revolutionary momentum that inhabits the main from the past watch over them in the Great Forest, will they be able to characters, the one that allows insurrection and transmits life. It also questions our humanity, confront those who are said to be cannibals? what violence destroys, or not, depending on whether we decide to confront it or to submit to it.” Philippe Arnaud, author of La Proie published by Éditions Sarbacane • A futuristic YA novel between Jack London and George Orwell in a dystopian universe. “One of the best books of the year! (and probably of many years to come…)” • A powerful story, almost organic and sometimes very poetic. Sonia, bookshop Ici Grands Boulevards (Paris) • A best-selling author (U4, Instinct…) of about thirty novels, he has received numerous awards. “I had a huge crush on this novel by Vincent Villeminot which, in my opinion, should be read by both young people and adults. The author has achieved a tour de force” Abigael, bookshop Birmann – Majuscule (Thonon-les-Bains)

“Can we ever change life? Vincent Villeminot gives his story a superbly “We love it! This magnificent novel by Vincent Villeminot is finding an echo in current events and energetic, bitter, lyrical voice, bombarding the reader with a thousand will stay in your head for a long time! To read urgently!” emotions. […] It would be a pity to miss it: it is not every day that one lives Myriam, bookshop Croquelinottes (Saint-Étienne) such reading adventure!” Telerama

44 45 YA • DYSTOPIA YA • DYSTOPIA STÉPHANE MICHAKA ANTONIN ATGER THE MEMORY OF COLOURS INTERFEEL

November 2018 – 432p. February 2018 and January 2020 > Target: mixed, 12+ > Target: mixed, 12+ ★ 2 titles available Mauve has ninety days to become human and prevent an Artificial Intelligence from taking control of the Earth. When a social network controls emotions! A 15-year-old man wakes up without any memory but with the abi- lity to read the thoughts of those around him and to speak no less In the near future, a new social network, Interfeel, al- than 6,000 languages. He is greeted by Anna and Lucie who call him lows you to share your emotions. It is quickly adopted Mauve and seem to have already been in contact with Red and Grey... by almost the entire population, now unable to go wit- Very quickly, he realises that he is not like the others. Here, there hout. Everyone can know what the other person is expe- are very few skin colours, a lot of noise, movement and danger eve- riencing and it is no longer possible to lie or hide what rywhere. People speak in the first person and do as they please, you feel. Strong or violent feelings have disappeared there is no one to warn or monitor them. and humanity seems to live in peace, sharing moderate As time goes by, Mauve begins to remember. He was banned from emotions together. Nathan is 16 years old. He grew up Circe, a planet where the Oracle reigns, which he had always consi- with Interfeel. But a tragic event will upset his certain- ties. What is Interfeel really? What’s the secret behind dered as an omnipresent but benevolent entity for Colours, but the author which he gradually discovered to be a software that was emotio- this system that the world uses? And why do the Special Born in 1974 in Paris, Stéphane Mi- Forces seem ready to do anything to stop him doing any nally indifferent to all forms and controlled by a group of privileged chaka studied literature and theatre people. Mauve then did everything to be sent to Earth, where Cyan, further research? In the course of his investigation, Na- in Cambridge (United Kingdom) than will meet a “network-free”, Elizabeth, an intense his childhood sweetheart is supposed to be since she admitted to before leaving to teach French in having read a book. and unpredictable girl. Together, they only have one goal, South Africa. Author of novels and to break the network’s hold on humanity. They will be Thanks to Anna and Lucie and to André Renouvet, a 73-year old plays, he also wrote adaptations of helped by a Resistance group whose leader calls himself man and his books, as well as a few found Colours (including Cyan), noted nineteenth century classics The Tattooist. What Nathan and Elizabeth will discover Mauve will discover that despite some disadvantages, life is worth for the radio. living on Earth. And it’s thanks to words, tales and stories that he may change the world forever... if they reach the end of will prevent the advent of a new Oracle on his new planet. their quest! • The winning novel of PKJ’s first writing contest! In partnership with the site We Love Words on the the- “After the ambitious and refined 'Cité 19', Stéphane Michaka returns to the me: a social network has taken power... questions of utopia, freedom and emancipation. His new novel, which refers to both Homer and Thomas More, is a magnificent achievement.” Télérama the author "Interfeel" is the first novel of Antonin Atger. You can learn more about him here : https://antoninatger.com/. Also available: “The opportunity to open teenagers’ eyes a little more on the dangers of the Web.” CITÉ 19 Le Parisien T1 May 2015 / T2 March 2018 / T3 yet to be released > Target: mixed, 12 + “Inspired by 'The Maze Runner' and The Matrix, 'Interfeel' manages to create 25,000 copies sold! its own credible universe, and questions our use of social networks.” Because she wants to find her father, she woke up 150 years ago. Var matin

46 47 YA • DYSTOPIA YA • THRILLER MARIE VAREILLE LORRIS MURAIL ELIA, THE SOUL-PASSER VAMPYRE

T1 May 2016 / T2 January 2018 / T3 March 2019 October 2019 – 368p. > Target: mixed, 12+ > Target : mixed, 13+ Vampyres prefer the vital energy of their victims over their Etoiles du Parisien 2016 Prize, Young Readers’ Grand blood. Prize in Morocco, the Pierre Bottero Prize of the Mia lives in New York. As she is getting ready to celebrate Hal- Festival des Oniriques in Meyzieux and the Dévoreurs loween, she visits a specialty store to find a costume and comes across an Egyptian ankh-shaped pendant that seems to be a door d’Evreux Prize. opener for a special evening. There she meets PhaX and she beco- mes close to him. But the closer she gets to him, the weaker she Prophecies only exist if someone has the courage to see them gets. The day she disappeared, her literature teacher investigates through. and discovers vampyres. Elia lives in a dictatorship divided into two categories: the elite are the Kornesians, and the exploited class are the Nosobas. Elia is a Korne- • Discover underground New York City and the vampyres pheno- sian. At only 15-years old, she is a soul-passer: she euthanizes all those menon (which really exists). who are considered useless or dangerous for the community. One day, the author a young Nosoba manages to convince her to help him escape. Charged Lorris Murail was born on June 9, 1951 with treason, Elia flees to the only area where the army will never come in Le Havre, and lives in Bordeaux. A to fetch her: the North Sector. It is there that she discovers the truth literary and food critic, translator, he about her origins (how come she’s still alive despite her red hair?) and is also co-writer for the cinema. He understand the injustice of a system the she had never questioned be- has published some twenty books for fore. In a world where the birth caste forever determines one’s position TWELVE YEARS, children and YA. in society, where children work in toxic fumes and where the old and SEVEN MONTHS the sick, who have become useless, are executed without any other form of trial, Elia will have to fight to survive, to save those she loves ... AND ELEVEN DAYS and to fulfil her destiny. April 2018 – 256p. > Target : mixed, 8-12 • Elia follows the footsteps of the great YA heroines, with a strong cha- ★ Rights Sold: Spain (Planeta) racter. She does not suffer from her destiny, it is she who, although coming from the privileged caste, who decides to defend a just cause. A young man abandoned in the forest by his father, a bad fairy tale? • A novel about freedom and the difficulty of acting really freely during When his father takes him on an impromptu trip in his red Chevrolet Impala, adolescence, when peer pressure is at its strongest. 12-year-old Walden Stephenson is far from guessing what lies ahead: 600 miles to the north and the vast forests of Maine. Upon arrival, Jack Stephen- son blindfolded his son and left him in an uninhabited cabin in the woods, with the author Also available: a few tin cans, three books and a rifle. Punishment? Initiatory rite? After the A graduate from ESCP business school and Cornell University in the shock, the boy will have to fight against the mosquitoes, to find water, to fish, United States, Marie Vareille is trying every day to fulfil her true vo- to hunt, to survive! At the end of each day, Walden gets used to recording his cation: being a professional dreamer. She is a geeky writer and a age on a log bark: twelve years, seven months and four days, at the moment smartphone addict, but she is also a web communicator. “Elia, the when his strange apprenticeship begins... Soul-Passer” is her first YA series after two novels for adults. • A revenge tale with an unexpected ending. • The father-son relationship or what really makes a man.

48 49 YA • HORROR YA • ADVENTURE ALICIA KROZE STEPHEN CARRIÈRE & SARAH KROZE THE ENCHANTER THE RED SOULS February 2019 – 416 p. > Target: mixed, 12+

T1 October 2017 / T2 November 2018 An unforgettable band of teenagers decides to throw a > Target: mixed, 12+ challenge to death. And it took on it. Stan is the high school “enchanter": he excels in solving the “If you open this book, you will not be able to close it until you’ve academic, family or sentimental setbacks of his classmates, finished it!” - Amélie Nothomb thanks to an unparalleled inventiveness and at the cost of There is life and death within you. You do not have the choice. many arrangements with the truth. Ellie Bielsky, 17, lives with her brother Samy, 11, and their parents. They He is surrounded by an intricate band of friends: Daniel, who are a normal family. One morning, their mother, Irène, takes them to is a little gifted, round and bald like an egg; Jenny, a beau- Ysecart, their father’s birthplace, and asks them to go to the bakery. tiful, mute boxer; David, a frail young man struggling with a Ellie and Samy are attacked by the bakers and get bitten. Their mother depressed mother; and Moh, a complex beanpole, a Shakes- refuses to open the car door until they have beaten what looks like li- peare fanatic, and the narrator of the book. ving-dead. Then, she abandons them in a hotel to look for their father As the school year begins, a series of mysterious crimes bloo- who is supposed to be in the hands of the police, making them promise dy their city, set against an already highly tense atmosphere. to never drink any blood; to not go near their cousins the Bouchard, and Stan, Jenny, David, Daniel and Moh pay little attention to it. to leave the country as quickly as possible. When Ellie wakes up the They have a big project, so crazy and ambitious that they call the author next morning, she discovers that they’ve changed: their eyes are red, it “the miracle". They have nine months left to complete it. Da- Stephen Carrière is a publisher, a wri- food and drink no longer taste of anything and they have a strong desire niel is suffering from terminal cancer and has commissioned ter and a translator. He is the CEO of the for blood. A hotel employee knocks on their door and delivers some milk the Enchanter’s masterpiece to transform his death into a publishing house Anne Carrière and has from their mother, which satiates them. Little by little, they discover show so spectacular that it will offer him a little immortality. created an imprint for YA titles. their powers: physical agility for Ellie while Samy develops a gift of But in the city centre’s alleys, between the towers, in the telepathy and hypnosis. parks and on the banks of the river, an old and fierce Evil is They want to find their parents but discover that the police station spreading. People are starting to talk about monsters and where they were due to be blew up. Without any means of leaving the black magic. A gap has opened in the fabric of reality, and country, they are adopted by their closest relative, their uncle Xavier even if they would rather ignore it, our heroes may be more Bouchard. They settle into their new life and discover the dark secrets involved than they think. of the inhabitants of Ysecart. They learn the existence of “Helminths”, monsters with a human appea- rance, with a superhuman strength that have pact with the Bouchard. the author They discover that the Helminths hold their parents and control the Alicia and Sarah Kroze are two zombie-infested ones like those who attacked them in the bakery. Des- sisters who have diametrically opposed views on all subjects. pite all their efforts to remain discreet at school, their path eventually However, it is without diver- crosses that of “Hunters” and “Witches”: humans allied for centuries to “An imminent death transformed by art and friendship, a war against a serial gence and in the same voice hunt down the infested. They are forced to make dangerous alliances killer... the beautiful novel by Stephen Carrière skilfully mixes two stories that they dreamed up and wrote and two fights and highlights the power of words.” with the different clans to find out what happened to their parents. “The Red Souls”. Telerama • An intense, mature plot, with a realistic scientific aspect, smart histo- rical roots and characters with real psychological backgrounds. “The French Stranger Things.” Le Point

50 51 MIDDLE GRADE • ADVENTURE MIDDLE GRADE • HISTORY CHRISTOPHE FRÉDÉRIC COUDERC I DID NOT BETRAY GALFARD June 2019 THE PRINCE OF CLOUDS > Target: mixed, 12+ An investigation that alternates between 150,000 copies sold! stories of Resistance and modern vendetta; family secrets and a love story.

Trilogy: T1 June 2009 / T2 October 2012 / T3 October 2015 The parents of Luna, 16, have just separated. Mo- > Target: mixed, 12+ ving with her mother to Ajaccio, the girl has diffi- culty dealing with this separation. In high school, “The Prince of Clouds” tells the story of three friends who she struggles to integrate, she feels judged, ob- live above the clouds. They have to understand how our served. To avoid feeling too alone, she immerses planet works to save it from a cruel tyrant who wants to herself in her studies, especially in history where turn the Earth’s climate into a weapon of war. she prepares for the National Contest for Resis- tance. She is particularly interested in the history • Adventure and scientific vulgarization in a poetic uni- of the Second World War in Corsica, and disco- verse. vers the exploits of a young Jew: Solomon. For- • A message of hope and humanism, in the current tunately, Luna befriends Mattéo. When the latter context of global warming. is saved from an attack by an old man named So- • Christophe Galfard has co-written George’s Secret Key lomon, Luna begins her investigation; could it be to the Universe with Stephen Hawking and his daugh- the same man? ter Lucy. the author • The reader will discover our planet and learn how cli- Christophe Galfard holds a Ph.D. in Theore- • Three generations of strong women. mate works while being carried away in a real epic tale tical Physics from Cambridge University, En- • Corsica beyond the clichés. with suspense, funny and endearing characters. gland. His supervisor was world-famous Prof. Stephen Hawking, with whom he worked on black holes and the origin(s) of our universe “A history of Corsica during the Second for many years. He now spends pretty much World War. This novel is also a tribute all his time spreading scientific knowledge to to those who fought against fascism and the general public, in what he likes to call EN- defended the Jewish population. TERTAINING WAYS. He writes books and live A novel to read and to share with your parents the author shows and gives public talks. and grandparents.” Frédéric Couderc is the author of several novels. As Page des libraires a literary investigator, he likes to set his stories in a historical context and his plots usually take place in scarred countries such as South Africa, where “This novel is a great family saga, he lived for a long time, but also Havana or Argen- a captivating puzzle story.” tina. In parallel with his activities as a novelist, he Je bouquine teaches writing to various audiences, including young people in difficulty. I did not betray is his first children's novel.

52 53 MIDDLE GRADE • HISTORY MIDDLE GRADE • HISTORY JEAN-CÔME NOGUÈS First published: 2008 > Target: mixed, 8+ THE CHILD AND THE FOREST The comeback of the hero of Le Faucon déniché! THE MAN WHO SEDUCED THE SUN 1661. When Molière came out from the shadow.

the author Jean-Côme Noguès was born in Castelnaudary in 1934. He used to be a teacher, then a headteacher in a Parisian high school. ODILE WEULERSSE First published: 1999 > Target: mixed, 8+ THE CHATTY MUMMY Over 100,000 copies sold! In the Egyptian desert, Alphonse and Mina encounter the wandering soul of a mummy. She is so chatty, that she bewitches Alphonse. THE WHITE GOLD OF LOUIS XIV Three friends plunge into a dark affair in spite of themselves in the heart of the smuggling networks of salt.

THE POWDER OF LOVE OF LOUIS XIV In 1667, an unusual disease descends upon Paris. Maybe some people have been poisoned?

the author Odile Weulersse is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a senior teacher in philo- sophy and was a lecturer on cinema at the Sorbonne university. She likes to go through history and bring ancient civilizations back to life through exciting adventures. A successful author, she writes historical novels for young people based on flawless documentation. Some of her novels, such as The Chatty Mummy have become classics.

54 55 MIDDLE GRADE • ADVENTURE MIDDLE GRADE • SOCIETY JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT DELPHINE PESSIN THE UPSIDE DOWN RIVER DYSLEXIC DYLAN First published: T.1 October 2000 / T.2 June 2002 June 2018

> Target: mixed, 10+ > Target: mixed, 10+ ★ Rights Sold: Germany (Carlsen); Russia (Samokat); China (Art Publishing House); Croatia (Sysprint); Lebanon (Hatem); Georgia (Agora); Hungary (….); Dylan has a secret… He’s dyslexic. Japan (Fukuinkan Shoten); Czec Republic (Nakladatelstvi Baobab); Taiwan But nobody should know! At the start of Year 8, everything (Muses); Turkey (Can Yayinlari) ★ Comics available at Jungle goes wrong. Things change completely when Dylan attends a ★ TV rights sold play: everything makes sense when the characters come alive on stage. More than 1 million copies sold! • A novel that is contemporary and relevant: schooling, bullying. The incredible epic tale of Tomek and Hannah in the footsteps • A novel that addresses a key issue: dyslexia. In France, this of a river whose water makes people immortal. disorder affects 5% of children by age group. the author The new novel by Delphine Pessin, author of a multi-awar- ded first novel. A glimpse on the TV project! MARIE-AUDE MURAIL VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ! THE PULL OF THE OCEAN 30,000 copies sold More than 900,000 copies sold! First published: April 2005 > Target: mixed, 8+ January 2002 ★ Rights sold: Germany, Italy > Target: mixed, 10+ ★ Rights Sold: Italy (Rizzoli); China (Art Publishing House), English (Delacorte An entire school comes together to defend an Ivorian Press), Russia (Albus Corvus) family threatened with eviction.

The long walk of seven brothers led by the youngest, • A renowned author: 30 million readers worldwide, for child- towards the ocean, seen and told by 21 narrators. A real gem! ren, teens and adults; • Roman jeunesse 2006 LIRE-SNCF Grand Prize

the author the author Marie-Aude Murail has been published for more than fifteen After teaching German for a few years, Jean-Claude Mourlevat years. She has seventy titles to her credit. Tales, soap ope- was an actor and a head teacher before devoting himself to writing ras, short stories, essays, narratives. And romance, adven- and translating books, both for adults and young people. ture, detective, fantasy novels... Her books have received dozens of awards and are widely read in schools.

56 57 MIDDLE GRADE • SOCIETY MIDDLE GRADE • PASSION ÉLISABETH BRAMI ANNE-MARIE POL & CHRISTOPHE BESSE DANCE! SO WHAT ? Foreign Rights : Nathan More than 2 million copies sold! Contact : Marie Dessaix First published : 2018 [email protected] First published : T1 January 2000 > Target: mixed, 7-11 year old (+prescribers) > Target: girls from 9 years old ★ Rights sold: Belgium; Korea; Denmark; Spain; Hungary; Italy; Japan; A collection of novels dealing with children’s daily life that does not promise instant happiness, Slovakia; Czech Republic but greater well-being. It allows the child to feel less alone with regard to their problems, to gain self-confidence, to allow themselves to become who they are and find their own solutions. Sometimes you have to fight to live your passions. Dancing at all costs: this is the goal of Nina Fabbri. In memory of her mo- ther, she has decided to become a star. Easy? No! To realise her dream, Examples of topics covered: she must solve, too, the problems facing a girl today. But the obstacles I don’t have enough pocket money... she must overcome in dance and in life allow her to move forward, to My teacher stresses me out... build herself up, to grow. the author I’m always bored... The author benefits from a very good knowledge of the dance milieu. Anne-Marie Pol has a long My best friend is moving... A story of a passion but above all, this is a realistic story that does not career as an author for young My parents are getting divorced hide the constant effort, the tiredness and the pain of the little dancers, people. As a child, she wanted I have nightmares... nor their ambition... to be a dancer, but a traffic ac- I don’t like my name... cident shattered her hopes. A • Contemporary themes: death, friendship, love, father / daughter rela- passionate amateur dancer, she put her childhood dreams • Series of novels written in the first person, with heroes / tions, stepmother / daughter-in-law, money problems into words, backed by a solid heroines different from one volume to another; knowledge of the milieu. • One problem per book; • An intimate story capable of bringing to life various Spin-Offs: moods, of evoking family and school situations, of put- ting into words one’s feelings through the experience of DANCE LIKE A NOVEL: a character. Smiles and complicity assured; THE BALLETS OF NINA • Illustrated colour books designed to instil empathy, Tome 1: Nina, the heroine of Dance!, Introduces us to the novels and questioning, emotion and identification in the young love stories that inspired the most famous ballets: Romeo & Juliet, reader. Carmen, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker ... A colourful trip, in which she glides funny details, tells us about the authors and gives THE AUTHORS advice for all young dancers. Texts by Elisabeth Brami, clinical psychologist for more than Tome 2: The History of Dance ... For Nina, it’s a real passion! With her, 30 years and well-known children’s author Illustrations by Christophe Besse, who has an irresistible we weave through the ages, discovering how humanity has gone from sensitivity and a Sempé-style humour when it comes to the the prehistoric circle around the fire to the salons of Versailles! daily life of children, parents and teachers through his books In this fascinating off series that will speak as much to young dancers and his press drawings as to neophytes, History rubs shoulders with technique, costumes, diffe- And the guarantee of Fabrice Midal, director of successful rent types of dance, the creation of ballet ... A vast programme in which collections and acclaimed author (his titles in personal deve- Nina gives us her impressions and her anecdotes, making complex to- lopment, spirituality, philosophy and history of art have sold pics funny and accessible. more than 600,000 copies in France alone.

58 59 MIDDLE GRADE • FABLE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

CARYL FÉREY Foreign Rights : Nathan CHRISTIAN HEINRICH Contact : Marie Dessaix KROTOKUS THE FIRST [email protected]

First published : 2010 & CHRISTIAN JOLIBOIS Genre: humour, adventure > Target: mixed, 6+ LES P’TITES POULES (CHICKEN 20th Anniversary A crazy and funny fable that, under the guise of pirates, talks GANG) about love, freedom and our society! The lion Krotokus reigns as a tyrant on Croland. He devours his subjects Nearly 4 Million copies sold in France to the point of indigestion and has an easy life in his Castle of Bones. Nearly 31 million copies sold in China But the people threaten to revolt and hold elections if Krotokus does not marry his son Pupus before the thirteenth moon. On the advice of ★ Les P’tites Poules will be 20 in 2020! the chimpanzee Shita, the choice of the bride is princess Papillon of the ★ 18th title coming soon country of Danaides, known for its irresistible beauty. But Papillon is kidnapped by hyenas who want to ★ Rights sold: China, Colombia, South Korea, Portugal, Taiwan, Hong Kong, prevent the marriage in order to bring down Krotokus. The princess is taken across the oceans, and Krotokus Slovenia, Lebanon, Vietnam, Italy, Greece, Austria, Belgium, Russia, Poland, is obliged to engage Captain Goupille, the most cunning fox, to find her. The team discovers the neighbouring Lithuania, Iran and Turkey islands: Barbary, an island where all the inhabitants must work to satisfy the needs of the elephants who rei- ★ Widely read in schools ★ Loved by children… and their parents! gn supreme; or Old Island where each newcomer, perceived as a threat to their race, is expelled. Krotokus and ★ Feature film coming soon the author his entourage meet Papillon on Komodo Island, populated by dangerous lizards ruined by the crisis that grab ★ Target readers To be enjoyed with a grown-up from 5 years and read alone the band to lock them in their zoo and attract tourists to their island. Goupille, thanks to his cunning, pulls the from 7 upwards. Christian Jolibois is an actor and band out of this bad situation and saves the princess. At the wedding ceremony, Papillon turns into a cater- In the brood, we have: storyteller who has written forty pillar, and Pupus refuses to marry her. The people revolt under the orders of Sheba, Krotokus’ ex-sister-in-law. • Carmela, the mum, an adventurous and nonconformist white hen; books for children. He is published • Cocker, the dad, a red rooster from America; by Flammarion, Milan and Nathan, and speaks Chicken fluently. • their daughter, Carmen; Christian Heinrich • and her big brother, Carmelo. Illustrator is a the author graduate of the Strasbourg School MAPUCE This family just won’t conform to the daily grind of a chicken’s life. And Now living in Paris, Caryl Férey writes of Decorative Arts. He has illus- First published : 2015 mainly noir novels, but also texts for young who can blame them? There are always extraordinary things happening trated numerous titles for children, Genre: humour, adventure people, songs, and plays for the theatre or in and around the henhouse, and plenty of colorful characters to join them both fiction and non-fiction. > Target: mixed, 6+ radio... on their escapades.

Since the bloodthirsty tyrant Krotokus has been overthrown and exiled, Concept: the island of Croland is a republic where a branding policy has been es- • A colourful family universe, which describes with humour and ten- tablished: the deserving animals wear one, the others are not entitled derness the everyday situations of children and also refers to the world to it. The elections are close, and the animals without a mark, headed of their parents with many nods to history, art, culture, literature, cinema by Grande Tourelle the giraffe, want to elect Sheba. But the latter has etc... nothing to do with politics. She prefers indeed to live of love, fresh water • The stories are always funny, and the characters cute and sharp and rum with the fox Goupille and their daughter, the adorable lioness • Amusing replies and funny word games for stories executed brilliantly Mapuce. Listening only to her courage, she decides to replace her mother with a very dynamic rhythm as a candidate and runs away to the capital. But the road is long. Election day comes and she finds herself facing ... Krotokus! Returning from his exile, and with the help of Balade-Dur, his armadillo advisor, he intends to regain power. But the time when he devoured the opposition is over!Now, the president of Croland must be elected! His true nature quickly takes Spin-Offs : over and he attacks Mapuce, but thanks to the intervention of Sheba, Goupille and Povminus, a young cub, Krotokus is arrested. The animals elect Mapuce, but her mother convinces them to choose Grande Tourelle COCKER’S STORY the giraffe. We go back in time to visit Cocker the Native American cockerel. What Krotokus is sent to his son, Pupus, the nicest lion in Croland to learn good manners. Sheba, Goupille, Mapuce made him the magnificent rooster we know and love? and Povminus leave the capital to continue to live with love and fresh water (and rum for adults!). 60 61 SELECTION OF NON-FICTION TITLES SMALL NEWS ITEMS QUIRKY DOCS JEAN-MARC BLOCH OLIVIER MAGNY STUFF PARISIANS LIKE & RÉMI CHAMPSEIX Based November 2010 – 224p. on true ★ English translation available ★ Rights sold: Taiwan (My House Publishing), Germany (Blanvalet) June 2020 facts Over 75,000 copies sold

This book describes like no other what truly makes Parisian life so unique thanks to a collection of short anecdotes. Olivier Magny is a real Parisian: he was born and raised in the City of Lights and shares here his spot-on analyses and priceless in- sights about his city. And he does all that with great humor and wit. So if you want to know Paris as it is, understand things beyond clichés, learn the tricks and phrases that will make you blend in and have a good laugh all at the same time - this might just be the book for you.

“Hilariously perceptive.” New York Magazine

“Indispensable and irresistible.” Le Point

INTO WINE KEY TO BLOODY THE MYSTERY November 2013 – 256p. THE RIDDLE, TEKNIVAL, OF THE EXECUTED ★ English translation available ★ Rights sold: Taiwan (Cube Press) THE FARID THE MATHILDE PASTRY CHIEF, OUZZANE CASE CROGUENNEC THE CHRISOPHE An invitation to enjoy one of life’s greatest plea- sures: drinking! CASE BELLE CASE What if wine was not so complicated? Olivier Magny invites us to rediscover wine with humour and a breath of fresh air; and shares his expertise in order to show us that treating yourself to pleasure the authors is not only easy, but absolutely necessary. Jean-Marc Bloch worked for the judiciary police department and Rémi Champseix worked for investigative • Olivier Magny is to wine what Jamie Oliver is to food! TV programs. As the great storytellers they are, they offer, in a relaxed and gripping style, the anatomy of the • A book full of optimism and practical solutions to boost your French police. health, bring happiness and joy.

“A pleasant and instructive read.” “I take my hat off to this brilliant initiative!” Le Monde Jacques Pradel in L’Heure du crime (RTL radio)

“Jean-Marc Bloch is what we call a great cop.” the author France 24 Olivier Magny founded hiw own wine-tasting company that has taught French wine to 50,000 people. A native Parisian himself, he lives part-time in the United States. When he is in Paris, you could easily find him in his wine bar, Ô Chateau located 68 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

64 65 NON FICTION NON FICTION ANNE-CLAIRE DÉSESQUELLES BERTRAND LECLAIR HOW TO START: WRITING THE POWER OF THE INVISIBLE July 2019 - 192p. February 2020 – 288p. An often funny and always clever little treatise on the ways and means to get “Everything that is in motion must be moved by something” into literature in order to trace one’s path. said Aristotle. That something is strength. As the author of this masterful text shows, strength is not the op- the author posite of weakness. On the contrary, strength must be understood Selected as the cause of every movement. Without it, everybody - organic or Bertrand Leclair is a writer, essayist and playwright. for the 2019 not - would remain motionless. Essay Femina Award the author Anne-Claire Désesquelles has a PhD in philosophy, and teaches literature in Lyon. She wrote various books about art, and the phi- losophy of Bergson. OLIVIER ASSOULY PHILOSOPHY OF TASTE October 2019 - 656p. Eat, Digest, Enjoy Confronted to norms and concepts that are reluctant to take into account food pleasure, this philosophy develops a singular model of taste sensitivity that shakes both the foundations of metaphysics and the foundations of Western cultures.

the author Olivier Assouly is a professor of philosophy. He is in charge of research and publishing at the Institut Français de la Mode. His work focuses on the OLIVIER BLOCH taste and aesthetic springs of consumption. A BUNCH OF FLOWERS OF EVIL October 2019 – 400p. From Aristotle to Marx: a collection of materialist texts ALEXANDRA MIDAL What are we talking about when we use the terms “materialism” and “materialist”? This volume aims to provide readers with a limited DESIGN choice of materialist texts, both for initiation and further study. Scho- Novembre 2009 – 208p. lar and educator, Olivier Bloch introduces us to each of the authors An Introduction to the history of a discipline. and texts by placing them in their historical context and philosophical Based on an absolute belief in an object’s power to permanently transform lineage. and improve the world we live in, the author demonstrates the ways in which design has proposed to reform political, social and artistic circles and how it the author has, in certain cases, become a genuine political tool. Born in 1930, Olivier Bloch is Professor Emeritus of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and former Director of the Centre for the author the History of Modern Thought Systems. French philosopher, he is a founding member of the International Committee for the Inven- Alexandra Midal is a design historian and theoretician. She has diplomas tory of Clandestine Philosophical Manuscripts from the 17th and from both the Sorbonne and Princeton University School of Architecture. 18th Centuries. She used to be an assistant to Dan Graham. She is now a professor at the Geneva University of Art and Design.

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