I am a Swiss author who has written books in French, English and Portuguese.

I grew up in Geneva, and although I am deeply attached to my city, I have always wanted to know how people live, love and think elsewhere.

Three years as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross allowed me to go beyond the surface of the Middle East and Rwanda. Love of music then took me to Cairo, where I studied the oud (Arabic lute) on and off for five years. Another love, Cristiane, has allowed me to forge close links with Brazil, from 2013.

This journey is reflected in my books, which take us from Jerusalem to Geneva and from Cairo to Rio de Janeiro.

My Arabic teacher once asked his students to invent little stories using the vocabulary we were learning in class. My classmates liked mine so much that these gave birth to my first book, Le Génie de l’aubergine (The Genie of the Aubergine);

Les Mémoires de Satan (The Memoirs of Satan) continues in the same mood, adding a philosophical dimension;

While working in the Middle East, I was disturbed to discover that people who preach indiscriminate violence can be very endearing on a personal level. My thriller Le Traître (The Traitor) explores this contrast;

Back in Geneva, I 2opulari that many of my foreign friends were intrigued by the Swiss political system, but lacked the key to understanding it. So I wrote Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners, directly in English;

I paraded with samba schools several times during Rio’s Carnival, and that’s how O grande dia was born. This novel will soon be published in Brazil.

I still have a thousand ideas for other books. It’s just a question of choosing the right one. Keep in touch and I’ll let you know more!

My books fall into very different registers: humour, the absurd, 2opularization, suspense… At a deeper level, however, they have some things in common:

  • I like stories that reflect important issues: the nature of good and evil (Les Mémoires de Satan), the roots of terrorism (Le Traître), violence and injustice in Brazilian society (O Grande Dia);
  • My ambition is to develop my own perspective, moving away from ready-made thinking and occasionally challenging it;
  • I like well-structured stories, with a beginning, a development, suspense and a conclusion;
  • I like clear writing that is easy to read;
  • And if there’s a love story underpinning the plot, there’s nothing wrong with that, is there?