Gaëlle Nohant

Née à Paris en 1973, Gaëlle Nohant vit aujourd’hui à Lyon. La Part des flammes est son deuxième roman après L’Ancre des rêves, 2007 chez Robert Laffont, récompensé par le prix Encre Marine. Elle est également l’auteur d’un document sur le Rugby et d’un recueil de nouvelles, L’homme dérouté.

Gaëlle Nohant se consacre à l’écriture depuis une dizaine d’années. Inspirée notamment par Dickens et par les écrivains victoriens, cette jeune femme qui construit le canevas de sa narration à partir d’une base documentaire importante, défend une littérature à la fois exigeante et populaire.

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