Maxence Fermine

Ecrivain ayant vécu entre Paris et l'Afrique, Maxence Fermine est l'auteur de plusieurs romans et recueils de nouvelles. En 1999, il se lance en publiant 'Neige' qui est une agréable surprise. Fort de ce premier succès, l'auteur se consacre pleinement à l'écriture. Toujours en 1999, il dévoile son deuxième roman, 'Le Violon noir'. En 2000, il écrit 'L' Apiculteur' qui reçoit le Prix del Duca et le Prix Murat en 2001. La même année, il co-écrit 'Sagesses et malices de Confucius le roi sans royaume' avec Olivier Besson. Véritable bourreau de travail, il enchaîne avec 'Opium' en 2002, 'Billard blues', 'Jazz blanc' et 'Poker' en 2003. En 2004, il décroche le Prix Europe 1 grâce au roman 'Amazone'. S'en suit les romans 'Tango Massaï' en 2005 et

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Peter Cameron (b. 1959) is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, he moved to New York City after graduating college in 1982. Cameron began publishing stories in the New Yorker one year later. His numerous award-winning stories for that magazine led to the publication of his first book, One Way or Another (1986), which received a special citation for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a First Book of Fiction. He has since focused on writing novels, including Leap Year (1990) and The City of Your Final Destination (2002), which was a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist. Cameron lives in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

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