"Je fus l'enfant peureux lev la trique toujours fuyant un coup, vitant une brique car pleuvaient des fentres autant que les injures Les pierres angles vifs sur nos rondes figures. On m'appelait maudit, jean-guigne, porte-poisse ! Mon nom tait ray du livre des paroisses. Si bien qu' l'ge d'homme, n'ayant aucun mtier Je partis la guerre o vont les mal-ns."
He holds master's degrees in modern literature, computer graphics and cultural project management. At the age of twenty-two he won the young novelist's prize for The Island. Three years later his second book, The Prince of the Fork, received a national prize. His third novel, Pastel, was translated into several foreign languages and rewarded by the French Academy. Besides writing novels and travel diaries, Olivier Bleys designs interactive CD-Roms, lectures on multimedia, manages cultural projects and organises exhibitions. He has a wide range of interests spanning medieval history, music and science-fiction. He lives in Paris.