Born in 1964 in Rouen, Jérôme Leroy has been a French teacher in a ZEP (Priority Educations Zones) in Roubaix for almost 20 years. Since 1990, he has written novels, essays, books for young people and collections of poetry. He is also the co-writer of Lucas Belvaux’s film Chez nous. His work has been awarded various literary prizes.
