Claire Clément-Géry was born in Paris. Her mother - a librarian - and her father, a born story-teller, gave her the love of reading and writing when she was very young. She is a feature editor with Bayard’s J’aime lire Max magazine and the author of the series Essie, Noé, Loulette, La Petite Caillotte, Sami, Goliath, Oscar, Ousmane et les autres… She has received many literary prizes for her novels.