Jean-Paul Chabrier is a French writer born in 1954. He is the author of several short stories and novels, including Un père (Minuit, 1985), Sud-Ouest (L’Escampette, 1998), Pendant que tu étais à Florence (La Table ronde, 2001), Une reine en exil (Actes Sud, 2010). He was also one of the founders and animators of the magazine Le paresseux.
