Vincent Mondiot is twenty-six and lives in the Parisian suburbs. He has written several short stories and novels, including Terrortriste, an experimental novel he self-published as a fictional fanzine, and Les Chimères de Mirinar, a fantasy series he is still working on with friends, through the website www.mirinar.com. “Ils viennent toujours en automne,” one of his first short stories, won second place in the Prix du Jeune Écrivain français competition in 2006.