About me

As a publisher specialized in art books, I especially enjoy the encounter of texts and pictures. Let me tell you about the paths that led me to my work as an author and an illustrator.

I grew up amongst books, from Roald Dahl’s novels illustrated by Quentin Blake, or Michael Ende’s world of symbols (The neverending story), to French and German traditional fairy tales. Until today, I stayed attached to traditional stories and music – a legacy transmitted by my mother, and nourished by my childhood in Germany. Gradually adding some knowledge of biblical narratives and ancient myths, I absorbed this cultural heritage that combes mystery, poetry and description of the human spirit. This was a key to access classical arts and music. On the other hand, my father opened to me the world of comic books and graphic novels – like the works of Enki Bilal, of Guarnido (Blacksad) or Loisel (Peter Pan, Magasin Général). This is how I ended up at the intersection between narration and illustration.

 

After studying humanities, I very naturally became a book publisher. I started as an editorial assistant for the classical music production company harmonia mundi. Then I moved to book publishing, working for the regional publishing company La Nuée bleue, and from there I became Art books publisher for the Louvre museum in Lens. There, I experienced subjects related to accessibility of culture and to the historic heritage of a post-industrial region. I had the opportunity to contribute to several youth documentary books about art history.

 

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Through the years, I participated in exceptional projects, and benefited from the influence of extraordinary people, like my close friend the illustrator Virginie Pfeiffer, whom I completed several projects with; like Bernard and Eva Coutaz, founder and artistic director of the music label harmonia mundi; or like the team working on the opening of the Louvre subsidiary in Lens in 2012.

 

I moved to the United States with my family in 2017. Through this move I got in touch with a whole new world: the American society, its culture and history, its music. Now that the kids are growing, I find more time for a variety of projects that I seize as they come up on the way, between writing, drawing, and music.

 

Thank you for taking the time to discover more about me!

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This way to my past projects as an illustrator

This way to my past project as an author