Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre
Pierre Lemaitre - Paris Book Fair - 23 March 2014
Born (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951
Paris, France
OccupationAuthor, screenplay writer
NationalityFrench
Period2006–present
GenreFiction, thriller, mystery, History
Notable works

Pierre Lemaitre (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ləmɛtʁ]; born 19 April 1951) is a French author and a screenwriter, internationally known for crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.

His first novel translated to English was Alex, it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.

In November 2013, Lemaitre was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I. His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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