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Truc, Olivier
The French author Olivier Truc is a journalist and war correspondent. Truc has been working for Le Monde in Scandinavia and the Baltic states since 1994. He lives in Stockholm with his Swedish wife.
During a visit to his wife’s native Västerbotten in the north of Sweden he became interested in the Sami people and began to research their history. After a few non-fiction books and television do...
Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
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Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
