JC Lattès is a French publishing house. A division of

Hachette Livre Hachette Livre S.A. (; simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing, publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, ...

since 1981, JC Lattès' catalogue includes the works of

Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon (book series), Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), '' ...

, as well as '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' by E. L. James. Founder Jean-Claude Lattès died on 17 January 2018.

Background

JC Lattès was founded in 1968 as Edition Speciale by Jean-Claude Lattès and

Jacques Lanzmann Jacques Lanzmann (4 May 1927 – 21 June 2006) was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc. Early life Lanzmann spent the early part of his life in Auv ...

. Lattès took it over in 1972, renamed it Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, and ran it until 1981. JC Lattès currently has a catalog of more than 1000 titles. Its major successes include: *''Un Sac de billes'' ('' A Bag of Marbles'') by Joseph Joffo *''Le Vent du soir'' (''The Wind in the Evening'') by Jean d'Ormesson *''Le Nabab'' (''The Nabob'') by Irène Frain *''Léon l'Africain'' ( ''Leo Africanus'') by

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese people in France, Lebanese-born French"A ...

*'' Fifty Shades of Grey'' by E. L. James *''The Red Scarves'' *''The Officers'' *''Geisha'' Over the years, JC Lattès has published general-interest books by French and foreign authors, including both fiction and non-fiction. Its authors have included

Scott Turow Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow worked as a lawyer for a decade before writing full-time, and has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 la ...

Dean Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as thriller (genre), suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror fiction, horror, fantasy, science fiction, Mystery fiction, mystery, and sati ...

James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the '' Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', '' Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', '' Private'' and ...

, Jean-François Parot, Jean d'Aillon,

Åke Edwardson Åke Edwardson (born 10 March 1953 in Eksjö, Småland) is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at University of Gothenburg, the city where many of his ''Inspector Winter'' novels are set. Edwardso ...

, Lars Christensen Saabye, and Karin Fossum.

Notable novels in French

* '' Un sac de billes'' by Joseph Joffo * '' Leo Africanus'' by

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese people in France, Lebanese-born French"A ...

* '' Le Code De Vinci'' by

References

External links

* JC Lattès French companies established in 1968 {{publish-corp-stub