After Le cimetière américain in 2003 (Robert Walser Prize) and Jura in 2005, published by Champ Vallon, Thierry Hesse published Démon with Editions de l’Olivier in 2009, which was widely acclaimed by critics, was a finalist for the Prix Médicis, and has been translated into half a dozen languages. It was followed by L’inconscience (2012) and Le roman impossible (2017). He lives in Metz.
