Alexis Lecaye (born August 22, 1951 in

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) is a French author and script writer. He also publishes under the

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Alexandre Terrel and is probably best known for the creation of the long running TV crime series

Julie Lescaut ''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series created by Alexis Lecaye. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lesca ...

. Lecaye grew up in

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and

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. After studying history at university he started working as a script writer for French movies and, later, for the French TV as well. In 1992 he created the TV series Julie Lescaut, which was based on his crime novel by the same name. Since 1980 he has published a string of novels in different genres such as crime fiction, science fiction and children's literature. Some of his books have been translated into other languages, particularly English and German. For his novel ''Le Témoin est à la noce'' he received the Prix du Roman d’Aventures in 1984.

References

''Alexis Lecaye''
at krimi-couch.de (German)

at bibliopoche.com (French)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lecaye, Alexis French crime fiction writers 1951 births Writers from Alexandria Living people French male writers