How did your passion for writing come about?
I released my first book in 2006, “Chronicles of the country of Concarneau”. At that time the publishing industry was doing well. For me, writing allows me to pass on. In this case, the memory of the elders and heritage. As a child, I devoured books about Napoleon Bonaparte. I have always loved to read, I speak little but write a lot.
Why did you choose to focus on the detective genre?
I did a lot of research work in the archives of Brittany and came across many news stories. Over time, I wanted to pass on in a different way, through historical news stories. My characters are not necessarily very popular and the investigations are long.
Are all your characters invented?
For Colonel Boisseau, I was inspired by a real military officer I knew during my military service. Not tender but effective. As for the journalist Poilvert, it’s me in self-mockery.
The new investigation takes place in the Arctic. Why this choice?
During a book signing at the Livre et la Plume, I met a reader who told me about an archipelago in the Arctic, Svalbard. It intrigued me and I did some research. I had found the location. Then, I used a bacteria thousands of years old, the cyanobacteria, and created a geopolitical plot with scientists involved in a scientific-political mess. In fact, Poilvert is reporting on overtourism in the archipelago and learns that one of the scientists from the archipelago was found dead on a Breton beach. So, he will investigate and find his accomplice Boisseau who is on site investigating undercover.
Is the 6th episode already in preparation?
I have 20 novels on my computer just waiting for that. My drawers are filled with notebooks, notebooks filled with notes. I am very prolific and imaginative. In fact, writing makes me feel good, when I come home in the evening after my job as a history and art teacher at the Nautical Institute of Brittany. It is very therapeutic.
Practical
Book signing, Friday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the bookstore Le Livre et la Plume.
