Michel de Roy (13 December 1948 – 15 October 2021) was a French writer.

Biography

After working as a bartender and shopkeeper, de Roy became a police officer and private detective. In 1985, he published his first novel, titled ''Sûreté urbaine''. In 1986, he received the

Prix du Quai des Orfèvres The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres is an annual French literature award created in 1946 by Jacques Catineau. It goes to an unpublished manuscript written by an anonymous author for a French-language police novel. The selected novel is then published by ...

. He then continued a career as a writer and published over forty novels, as well as tales and short stories. Michel de Roy died in

La Grande-Motte La Grande-Motte (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France. It is a popular seaside resort and port near Montpellier, built in the 1960s and 1970s. La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architectur ...

on 15 October 2021 at the age of 72.

Works

Novels

''Rémy de Choli'' series

*''Crime assuré'' (2003) *''Meurtre en sous-traitance'' (2004) *''64, boulevard Gambetta'' (2005) *''Écarts de conduite'' (2006) *''Y'a pas de raison'' (2009) *''Séquestration'' (2011) *''Au troisième coup de maillet'' (2014) *''Sévices compris'' (2018)

Other novels

*''Sûreté urbaine'' (1985) *''Dernier Casse'' (1988) *''eBanditisme sans frontières'' (1989) *''Contes du Midi'' (1990) *''Un tueur peut en cacher un autre'' (1991) *''Fric, drogue, sexe, crime, racket, haute sécurité ?'' (1994) *''Écarts de conduite'' (2006) *''Un petit dernier pour la route'' (2006) *''De sac et de corde'' (2007) *''Sans issue'' (2009) *''Y a pas de raison'' (2010) *''Séquestration'' (2011) *''Pour solde de tout compte'' (2012) *''Voyage en première classe'' (2012) *''Au troisième coup de maillet'' (2014) *''La Rue en trompe-l’œil'' (2015) *''Sévices compris'' (2016) *''Le Cadavre est dans l'ascenseur'' (2018) *''Vol programmé'' (2020)

Other works

*''Vous écrivez ? Alors, attention : guide pratique à l'usage des écrivains débutants ou confirmés'' (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Roy, Michel 1948 births 2021 deaths 20th-century French male writers People from Orange, Vaucluse French male novelists 20th-century French novelists Bartenders French male short story writers 20th-century French short story writers French police officers Police detectives