Thomas Narcejac

Thomas Narcejac (1908-1998, whose real name was Pierre Ayraud), along with Pierre Boileau (1906-1989), formed a famous duo in the realm of French crime novels for 35 years. They decided to rejuvenate the crime novel genre by writing suspense novels (romans de suspense). Their first major success was "Les diaboliques" in 1952 ("The Fiends," Greek edition: "She Who Was No More"/"The Fiendish Women"), which was adapted into a film titled "The Fiendish Women." This was followed by fifty novels and short story collections, as well as scripts for cinema and television, and theoretical books on crime fiction. Many of their novels were adapted into films, including: "Les louves," 1955 (released in Greece as "The She-Wolves"); "Les magiciennes," 1957 (released as "The Circus Crime"); "Meurtre en 45 tours," 1959 (released as "Murder at 45 RPM"); "Les victimes," 1964 (Greek edition: "The Victims"), among others. After Pierre Boileau passed away in 1989, Thomas Narcejac continued to write novels on his own, but still signed them with both names. He passed away in 1998, just before the end of the 20th century.