Estelle Faye

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 Calmann-Lévy to propose stories for an anthology around the theme of dragons. She published her first adult novel Porcelaine.

In 2018 she published a feminist and anarchist 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.

Since 2019, she has been taking part in the writing podcast Procrastination with Lionel Davoust and Mélanie Fazi.

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, Robin Hobb, Sara Doke, Sylvie Denis, Lucie Chenu, , and .

Awards

Elbakin.net Award, 2013, for Porcelaine. Elbakin.net Award, 2015, for Thya. 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. Prix Rosny aîné, 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 Porcelaine Widjigo Un éclat de givre, 2014 Un reflet de Lune, 2022 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