Born in 1977 in the Lyon region, François Médéline was a researcher at Science Po Lyon during his doctorate, specializing in political sociology and linguistics. He worked in politics for ten years before embarking on writing, influenced by James Ellroy. He has been published at La Manufacture de livres since 2014, where La politique du tumulte, Les rêves de guerre, Tuer Jupiter and L’ange rouge (2020) were published. La sacrifiée du Vercors is his first novel to be published by 10/18.