Alexis Lecaye (born August 22, 1951 in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

) is a French author and script writer. He also publishes under the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

Alexandre Terrel and is probably best known for the creation of the long running TV crime series

Julie Lescaut ''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lescaut (played by Véronique ...

. Lecaye grew up in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. After studying history at university he started working as a script writer for French movies and, later, for the French TV as well. In 1992 he created the TV series Julie Lescaut, which was based on his crime novel by the same name. Since 1980 he has published a string of novels in different genres such as crime fiction, science fiction and children's literature. Some of his books have been translated into other languages, particularly English and German. For his novel ''Le Témoin est à la noce'' he received the Prix du Roman d’Aventures in 1984.

References

''Alexis Lecaye''
at krimi-couch.de (German)

at bibliopoche.com (French)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lecaye, Alexis French crime fiction writers 1951 births Writers from Alexandria Living people French male writers