Véronique Ovaldé, born in 1972, is a writer with a particularly lively imagination. Le Sommeil des poissons, Toutes choses scintillant, Les Hommes en général me plaisent beaucoup, Déloger l'animal, Et mon cœur transparent: five novels have been enough to impose her singular world, in France but also abroad. She received the Bourse Goncourt for children’s literature with the illustrator Joëlle Jolivet for their album, La Très Petite Zébuline. Her latest book Ce que je sais de Vera Candida was awarded the prix Renaudot des Lycéens, the prix France Télévisions and the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle. She regularly takes part in performances with artists including Françoise Quardon, Hervé Trioreau (Lieu Unique, Nantes, 2005), Philippe Pigeard, leader of the group Tanger and in readings (Festival d’Avignon, Jardin des Doms, 2006). She works in publishing and lives in Paris.