Roger Facon

Roger Facon (born 20 January 1950) is a French former police officer and author of novels and nonfiction works. A police officer from 1973 until he retired in 2000, he wrote largely in the genres of crime fiction, fantasy literature, and science fiction. He wrote books for the Fleuve Noir Anticipation series and for Série Noire with his 1997 novel La Crypte. Elements of his stories were taken from his career as a police officer.

He also wrote several nonfiction books on occult and secret society topics and claimed to have infiltrated several secret societies. Several of his books were collaborations with Jean-Marie Parent. Facon's investigations into the secret society the Order of the Solar Temple, on which he published a book, played a role in the investigation of that case, though his works on it received a mixed reception. Facon was also the deputy mayor and later deputy minister for culture of the French commune of Aniche.