Born in 1973, Gwenaël Bulteau is a school teacher. In 2017, he won the short story prize at the Quais du Polar festival, and his first novel won the Landerneau Polar Prize, the Sang d’encre Prize and the Vendée Writers’ Prize. After La République des faibles and Le Grand soir, published by La Manufacture, Malheur aux vaincus is his third novel.