Born in 1978, Grégoire Courtois has published Révolution, Suréquipée and Les lois du ciel (The Laws of the Skies) at Le Quartanier. These last two titles were reprinted in Folio, and The Laws of the Skies was noticed by the New York Times and writer Brian Evenson included it in his list of the ten most terrifying horror novels. Grégoire Courtois lives in Auxerre, where he runs the independent bookstore Obliques.