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Boileau-Narcejac is the pen name used by the French crime-writing duo of Pierre Boileau (28 April 1906 – 16 January 1989) and Pierre Ayraud, also known as Thomas Narcejac (3 July 1908 – 7 June 1998). Their successful collaboration produced 43 novels, 100 short stories and 4 plays.
Pierre Ayraud, dit Thomas Narcejac, né à Rochefort-sur-Mer le 3 juillet 1908 et mort à Nice le 7 juin 1998, est un écrivain français, auteur de romans policiers. Il a aussi publié sous le pseudonyme John-Silver Lee, ainsi que sous le nom de plume commun Boileau-Narcejac partagé avec Pierre Louis Boileau.
Thomas Narcejac was born on 3 July 1908 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. He was a writer, known for Vertigo (1958), Diabolique (1955) and Eyes Without a Face (1960). He died on 9 June 1998 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Jun 7, 1998 · French author who collaborated with his countryman, Pierre Boileau, to write crime fiction as Boileau-Narcejac. In 1948 he was awarded on of the most important literary awards in France the Prix du Roman d'Aventures, for La Mort est du Voyage .
Jul 5, 1998 · Thomas Narcejac, a high school teacher who went on to write best-selling novels, died on June 7 in Nice, France. He was 89. Mr. Narcejac's highly successful...
Mar 13, 2018 · Thomas Narcejac is credited with writing the first Queen pastiche in 1947. However, it was written in French, and appears for the first time in English here, thanks to Rebecca K. Jones’ translation. “The Mystery of the Red Balloons” is a classic Ellery Queen whodunit and gives the collection a pitch-perfect start.
Individually, Boileau and Narcejac were each winners of the prestigious Prix du Roman d'Aventures, awarded each year to the best work of detective fiction, French or foreign: Boileau for Le Repos de Bacchus in 1938 and Narcejac for La Mort est du Voyage in 1948, each a locked-room mystery.
