Estelle Faye (born 1 May 1978) began her career as a French
actress and
screenwriter. Since 2009, she has been best known as a
science fiction and
fantasy author, where her novels and short stories have won several awards.
Biography
After taking drama classes in
Paris and
San Francisco, [1] Estelle Faye turned her attention to directing and writing sceince fiction, horror and fantasy.[2][3] In 2008, she graduated from the screenwriting section of Femis.[4][5] She has written several short films, one of which won the
Prix France Télévisions.
She started to write fantasy fiction in 2008 after responding to a call by
Calmann-Lévy to propose stories for an anthology around the theme of dragons.[6] She published her first adult novel Porcelaine.[6] In 2017 she published a
dark fantasy novel Les seigneurs de Boyen, in which monsters, magic, sorcery are invoked in a tale questionning the making of real away from circles of power. The novel also features various magical creatures, among which a changeling, a hermaphrodite, a monk of uncertain sexual status, a lesbian, a vulture, all creatures whose differences sexual or magical coerce and are attracted to each other, revelling a part of the revolution to be.[7]
In 2018 she published a
feminist and
anarchist novel, Les nuages de Magellan.[8]
Her books are illustrated by Amandine Labarre.[10]
Since 2019, she has been taking part in the writing podcast Procrastination with Lionel Davoust and
Mélanie Fazi.[11]
She is a member of the Charte des auteurs et illustrateurs jeunesse.[12] She intervened in feminist and gender themed conferences on science fiction.[13]
Estelle Faye (born 1 May 1978) began her career as a French
actress and
screenwriter. Since 2009, she has been best known as a
science fiction and
fantasy author, where her novels and short stories have won several awards.
Biography
After taking drama classes in
Paris and
San Francisco, [1] Estelle Faye turned her attention to directing and writing sceince fiction, horror and fantasy.[2][3] In 2008, she graduated from the screenwriting section of Femis.[4][5] She has written several short films, one of which won the
Prix France Télévisions.
She started to write fantasy fiction in 2008 after responding to a call by
Calmann-Lévy to propose stories for an anthology around the theme of dragons.[6] She published her first adult novel Porcelaine.[6] In 2017 she published a
dark fantasy novel Les seigneurs de Boyen, in which monsters, magic, sorcery are invoked in a tale questionning the making of real away from circles of power. The novel also features various magical creatures, among which a changeling, a hermaphrodite, a monk of uncertain sexual status, a lesbian, a vulture, all creatures whose differences sexual or magical coerce and are attracted to each other, revelling a part of the revolution to be.[7]
In 2018 she published a
feminist and
anarchist novel, Les nuages de Magellan.[8]
Her books are illustrated by Amandine Labarre.[10]
Since 2019, she has been taking part in the writing podcast Procrastination with Lionel Davoust and
Mélanie Fazi.[11]
She is a member of the Charte des auteurs et illustrateurs jeunesse.[12] She intervened in feminist and gender themed conferences on science fiction.[13]