Fred Vargas is a French historian, archeologist and writer born in 1957 in Paris. She works at the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS). Fred is the diminutive of her given name, Frédérique, while Vargas derives from the Ava Gardner character in The Barefoot Contessa the pseudonym adopted by her twin sister, Joëlle Jo Vargas, the painter. Image File history File links Have_mercy_of_us_all. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. ... The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edmond OBrien. ... Jo Vargas is a French painter born in 1957 in Paris. ...

She mostly writes police thrillers (policiers). They take place in Paris and feature the adventures of Chief Inspector Adamsberg and his team. Her interest in the middle ages is manifest in many of her novels, especially through the person of Marc Vandoosler, a young specialist in the period. Seeking Whom He May Devour was shortlisted by the British CWA for the last Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year award.

English translations

• Seeking Whom He May Devour (L’Homme à l’envers), Harvill Secker, ISBN 1843430908
• Have Mercy on Us All (Pars vite et reviens tard), Simon & Schuster, 2005, ISBN 0743284011
• The Three Evangelists (Debout les morts), Harvill Secker, ISBN 1843430908 (January 5, 2006)

Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ...

Bibliography

• Les Jeux de l’amour et de la mort, Éd. Originale, 1986 / Le masque, 1997, ISBN 2702478565 (Prix du festival de Cognac)
• Ceux qui vont mourir te saluent, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1987. / J’ai lu, 2001, ISBN 2290309923
• Debout les morts, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1995. / Editions 84, 2000, ISBN 2290302155 (Prix Mystère de la critique 1996))
• Un peu plus loin sur la droite, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1996. / J’ai lu, 2000, ISBN 2290304557
• L’Homme aux cercles bleus, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1996 / J’ai lu, 2002, ISBN 2290349224
• Sans feu ni lieu, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1997. / J’ai lu, 2001, ISBN 2290312584
• L’Homme à l’envers, Éd. Originale Viviane Hamy, 1999. / J’ai lu, 2002, ISBN 2210754356 (Grand Prix du roman noir de Cognac 2000)
• Les quatre fleuves, Éd. Viviane Hamy, 2000, ISBN 2878581342, (Prix Alph-Art du meilleur scénario au festival d’Angoulême 2001)
• Petit Traité de toutes vérités sur l’existence, Éd. Viviane Hamy, 2001, ISBN 2878581458 (Essay.)
• Pars vite et reviens tard, Éd. Viviane Hamy, 2001, ISBN 2290342122 (Prix des libraires))
• Coule la Seine, J’ai lu, 2004, ISBN 2290337978 (Collection of three novels - Debout les morts, Un peu plus loin sur la droite, Sans feu ni lieu)
• Critique de l'anxiété pure, Éd. Viviane Hamy, 2003, ISBN 2878581792
• Salut et liberté, Éd. J'ai lu 2004, ISBN 2290321443
• Sous le vent de Neptune (2 vols, 704 pp), Éd. Feryane, 2004, ISBN 2840116200
• La Vérité sur Cesare Battisti, Éd. Viviane Hamy 2004, collection Bis (poche), ISBN 2878581954

Cesare Battisti (February 4, 1875 – July 12, 1916), Italian-Austrian politician, revolutionary and irredentist. ...

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