Florent Ruppert was born in Troyes in 1979. His publications include the fanzines Le Journal de l’Aventure (2002), Le Journal de l’Aventure diese 2 (2003), and Del Aventure (2004); and the books (all published by L’Association) Safari Monseigneur (2005), La Poubelle de la Place Vendôme (2006), and Panier de Singe (2006), for which he and Jérôme Mulot won the Best Newcomer Award at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival. His latest book, Barrel of Monkeys, again in collaboration with Jérôme Mulot, was published in 2013.