Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre (; 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. Provided by Wikipedia