Our authors

As a senior reporter at Le Nouvel Obs, Emmanuelle Anizon is increasingly confronted with the world of conspiracy theorists, whose numbers have grown since the yellow vest movement (which she covered extensively) and the Covid pandemic. She is the author of several books, including "Un si long silence" (Such a Long Silence), with Sarah Abitbol (Plon, 2020).

Yves Azéroual is a documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, essayist, and novelist. He has published a dozen books, including Faubourg Montmartre (Le Passeur, 2021), which is currently being adapted for television. La montre d’Hitler is his third novel.

A lawyer and international criminal investigator, Céline Bardet specializes in war crimes. She began her career at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She spent 12 years in the Balkans prosecuting war criminals. She is regularly commissioned by organizations such as the European Union, INTERPOL, and the UN. Witnessing the rise in the use of rape in conflicts, she founded the NGO We are NOT Weapons of War (WWoW) in 2014.

Christophe Barbier is a journalist and editorial writer for several newspapers and broadcast media outlets. He has published around fifteen books. An actor and playwright, he has also written around ten plays.

Nathalie Cros-Coitton is a leading figure in the world of luxury and fashion, where she has been working for 35 years. At the head of Women Management, one of the largest modeling agencies in France, she is also President of the French Federation of Modeling Agencies (FFAM). She is known for her concern for the well-being of models and her commitment to strict ethics based on respect and integrity. Women Management also has offices in New York and Milan.

Ronan Folgoas, senior reporter for the Police-Justice section of Le Parisien newspaper, conducted extensive field research for this book, backed up by court documents and dozens of exclusive testimonies. He is the only journalist to have been in contact with the main protagonists in the case, who were close to Delphine Jubillar, starting with Cédric Jubillar himself and Delphine's lover. "Le mystère Jubillar" is his first book.

Pierre-Stéphane Fort is a journalist and director of investigative documentaries for television, notably for the magazine program Complément d’enquête on France 2. His latest investigation, Qatar 2022: un scandale français ? (Qatar 2022: a French scandal?), broadcast in 18 countries, earned him the Franco-German Journalism Prize and was a finalist for the Albert Londres Prize in the audiovisual category. Le Grand remplaçant is his first book.

Valérie Igounet is a historian, journalist, and deputy director of the Observatory of Conspiracy Theories. Her research lies at the intersection of political history and the history of ideas. A specialist in Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories, and the far right in France after 1945, she has published numerous works on these subjects and co-authored the comic book Ils sont partout. Voyage en terres conspirationnistes (Les Arènes, 2022).

Guy Le Besnerais has been drawing since childhood, experimenting with comics at the Ateliers des Beaux-Arts in Paris and joining the BD54 association. After a career as a research engineer, he decided to devote himself to illustration in 2021. Crayon noir is his first graphic novel.

Marika Mathieu is an author and director. With a master's degree in philosophy, sociology, and international journalism, she has been working for years on freedom of speech and recently co-directed the documentary series "Outreau, a French nightmare" (March 2024), broadcast on Netflix.

Raphaël Nedilko, a police officer and father of three, is 50 years old. Since 2016, he has been an investigator at the Chalon-sur-Saône police station, after seven years at the Quai des Orfèvres, where he learned everything, and eight years at the Dijon Criminal Investigation Department, mainly in the homicide unit, where he solved two cold cases, sometimes in his spare time. He talks about his stubborn commitment, his passion for investigation, and the price of success, which ended his first marriage and almost cost him his life.

Flora Nicol, 43, is of French-Argentinian origin. She has been a journalist and director for cultural, historical, and investigative magazines for twenty years. She has worked for "Secrets d'histoire" (France 2), "L'Ombre d'un doute" (France 3), "Les faits" (Karl Zéro), and "Invitation au voyage" (Arte). Mes lettres de cachets is her first book. She is currently preparing a documentary, "Le prix de la douleur" (produced by StudioFact Mediagroup), on the sensitive issue of compensation for victims.

Catherine Siguret is a writer, screenwriter, and journalist. She has published numerous works, including several novels with Albin Michel. She regularly lends her pen to anonymous or well-known witnesses of society.