# Pierre Lemaitre

pierre lemaitre (born 19 April 1951 in Paris) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven. His first novel to be translated into English, Alex, is a translation of the French book of the same title, it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.In November 2013, he 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. == Bibliography == Camille Verhœven series 2006 – Travail soigné; English translation: Irene by Frank Wynne, 2014 2011 – Alex; English translation: Alex by Frank Wynne, 2013 2011 – Les Grands Moyens (reissued as Rosy & John, 2013) 2012 – Sacrifices; English translation: Camille by Frank Wynne, 2015 Between the Wars Trilogy 2013 – Au revoir là-haut; English translation: The Great Swindle by Frank Wynne, 2015 2018 – Couleurs de l'incendie; English translation: All Human Wisdom, 2021 Other Novels 2009 – Robe de marié; English translation: Blood Wedding by Frank Wynne, 2016 2010 – Cadres noirs; English translation: Inhuman Resources by Sam Gordon, 2018 2016 – Trois jours et une vie; English translation: Three Days and a Life by Frank Wynne, 2017 == Personal life == pierre lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.