Dominique Manotti (born Marie-Noëlle Thibault December 23, 1942 in Paris) is a French crime writer and economic historian.
She has written more than a dozen books, many of which have been translated. Among her many prizes is the 2011
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
The (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary award, literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime fiction, crime and detective fiction in Franc ...
, the most prestigious award in French
crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...
.
Manotti lives in Paris, where she is a professor of 19th-century economic history.
Novels
* 1995: ''Sombre Sentier'', published in English as ''Rough Trade'', translated by
Margaret Crosland and
Elfreda Powell; Arcadia Books (London) in 2001
* 1997: ''À nos chevaux!'', published in English as ''Dead Horsemeat'', translated by
Amanda Hopkinson
Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) is a British scholar and literary translator.
Biography
She was born in London, England, to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir Tom Hopkinson and photographer Gerti Deutsch. She gained a BA from the Uni ...
and
Ros Schwartz; Arcadia Books (London), 2007
* 1998: ''Kop'';
* 2001: ''Nos fantastiques années fric'',
published in English as ''Affairs of State'', translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz, Arcadia Books (London), 2010
* 2004: ''Le Corps noir'';
* 2006: ''Lorraine Connection'', published in English under the same title, translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz; Arcadia Books (London), 2008.
- Winner of the
CWA International Dagger
The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger and the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger) is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author ...
* 2010: ''Bien connu des services de police'';
* 2011: ''L'Honorable Société'';
* 2013: ''L'Évasion'', published in English as ''Escape'', translated by Ros Schwartz and Amanda Hopkinson, 2014
* 2013: ''Le Rêve de Madoff'';
* 2015: ''Or noir'';
* 2018: ''Racket''
References
Writers from Paris
1942 births
Living people
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
French women novelists
20th-century French women writers
21st-century French women writers
Women crime writers
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