Estelle Faye (born 1 May 1978) began her career as a French actor and screenwriter. Since 2009 she has been best known as a science fiction and fantasy author, where her novels and short stories have won several awards.

Biography

After taking drama classes in Paris and San Francisco, Estelle Faye turned her attention to directing and writing science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 2008, she graduated from the screenwriting section of Femis. She has written several short films, one of which won the Prix France Télévisions. She started to write fantasy fiction in 2008 after responding to a call by

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novel ''Les seigneurs de Boyen'', in which monsters, magic, sorcery are invoked in a tale questionning the making of real away from circles of power. The novel also features various magical creatures, among which a changeling, a hermaphrodite, a monk of uncertain sexual status, a lesbian, a vulture, all creatures whose differences sexual or magical coerce and are attracted to each other, revelling a part of the revolution to be. In 2018 she published a

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novel, ''Les nuages de Magellan.'' Her novel ''L'arpenteuse des rêves'' published in 2021 is an ecological tale inspired by the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and evolves around themes of climatic change. Her books are illustrated by Amandine Labarre. Since 2019, she has been taking part in the writing podcast ''Procrastination'' with Lionel Davoust and

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. She is a member of the Charte des auteurs et illustrateurs jeunesse. She intervened in feminist and gender themed conferences on science fiction. Along with everal authors she published a letter of support for Stéphanie Nicot after her eviction as director of Les Imaginales by the Épinal town hall, among which ïan Larue, Sylvie Lainé,

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Awards

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Award, 2013, for ''Porcelaine''. *

Award, 2015, for ''Thya''. * , 2015, pour ''La voie des oracles.'' * Prix Actusf de l'Uchronie, 2016, for ''La Voie des oracles, tome 3''. * Prix Imaginales, 2016, for ''Une robe couleur d’océan.'' * , 2019, of ''Les Nuages de Magellan.'' * Prix Rosny aîné du, 2019, for ''Les Nuages de Magellan'' * Prix Imaginales, 2019, pour ''Les Guerriers de glace.'' *

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, 2021, for ''Conte de la pluie qui n’est pas venue''. * Prix Renaudot for ''Les Magies de l’archipel – tome 1- Arcadia'' * Prix Ados Créateurs, 2023 for ''L’Arpenteuse de rêves''

Works

Drama

* ''Le Côté bleu du ciel'' , L'Harmattan, coll. « Théâtre des cinq continents »

Novels

''La Voie des oracles serie''

* ''Thya'', Scrineo, 2014 * ''Enoch'',Scrineo, 2015 * ''Aylus'', Scrineo, 2016

''Bohen serie''

* ''Les Seigneurs de Bohen'', 2017 * ''Les révoltés de Bohen,'' 2019

''Les Magies de l'archipel serie''

* ''Arcadia,'' Nathan, 2022 * La cité mirage, Nathan, 2023 * ''L'ile pirate'', Nathan, 2023 *

Stand alone novels

* ''L'été de la reine bleu''e * ''Porcelaine'' * ''Widjigo'' * ''Un éclat de givre, 2014'' * ''Un reflet de Lune, 2022'' * ''Les Seigneurs de Bohen'', 2017 * ''Les guerriers de glace'' * ''Les nuages de Magellan'', 2018 * ''Le drakkar éternel, 2020'' * ''La dernière Amazone'', 2021 * ''Brouillard sur la baie'', 2021 * ''L’Arpenteuse de rêves, 2021'' * ''Il était ma légende, 2022'' * ''Les Magies de l’archipel, 2023'' * ''Le défi de Yaran'', 2024 * ''La sirène et la licorne'', 2024

Anthologies

* ''En-dessous'', Parchemins et traverses, coll. « Les Anthologies des réalités imaginaires », 2014. * ''Dimension routes de légendes, légendes de la route'', with Jérôme Akkouche, Rivière blanche, 2016. *

Filmography

Actress

* 2004 : ''La Nourrice'' : the revolted women * 2005 : '' Clara Sheller'' : the seller of the travel agency

Screenwriter

* 2007 : ''Carcasse'' d'Ismaël El Maoula El Iraki * 2017 : ''Tout ce qui grouille sous la mer'' with Fabien Legeron

Bibliography

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References

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