Julia Billet

Julia Billet (born 1962, Paris) is a French writer, novelist, and author of short stories and poetry.

Publications Julia Billet has published novels, children's books, collections of short stories and poetry collections: J'ai mal à mon écorce, album illustrated by Ana Aranda Le mystère de la chambre froide, comic strip, with Simon Bailly Chambre d'ombre, art book, photographs by Patrick Jacques, illustrated by Cyril Dominger, 2016 Cris de guerres (reprints), le Mot fou éditions, 2016 Vivre Livre, a collection of short stories, illustrated by Hélène Humbert, 2016 1+1=1 double album reprint, illustrated by Clémence Dupont, 2016 Salle des pas perdus, album, 2015 Alors partir, (eprint in series, 2015 Corps et graphie, récit d'ateliers d'écriture à France Alzheimer, October 2015 MO, graphic novel, illustrated by Simon BBailly, September 2015 Du vent dans les ailes/un potager qui en sait long, double album, October 2014 A suivre, short story, February 2014 1+1=1 album, 2013 Promesses, short stories, June 2013 Tu, novel, October 2012 Une bonne nouvelle, album, from the series "Ti lecteurs", June 2012 La guerre de Catherine, novel, first published April 2012, republished as Catherine's War in the US in 2020 Petites histoires de quartiers, short stories, October 2010 , short stories published with the help of the T'es qui, toi ?, album, Motus Éditions, September 2010 Sayonara samouraï, novel, Le Seuil, May 2009 and Alors, partir ?, novel, Le Seuil, March 2008 Pourquoi c'est toujours moi qui ?, album, in collaboration with Nana Margabim, November 2007 Le fil invisible, short story, in collaboration with and Anne-Catherine Boudet, June 2007 Noémie lit et crie, album, May 2007 Je n'oublierai pas, album, July 2006 Salle des pas perdus, audiobook edition, 2015 , De silences et de glace, novel, March 2002 Cris de guerres, short stories, August 2000 J'ai oublié, novel, August 1998

Short stories Collective works published with and Tu connais la nouvelle: Petite Yé cric, bis repetita, in Etranger (2007) Les mariés, in Bleu (2008) Le photographe, in Chut (2008) La vie devant soi dans la mallette pédagogique published by the Observatoire des inégalités (2012)

Short stories and poetry in journals: Cahier du débord, short story, in the journal Le préau des collines (2002) Des poèmes extraits d’un recueil "Tracé", in the journal Lieux d’être (2005) De vous à moi, poems, in Littera, (2007)

Artists' books Maison, created then illustrated by painter Youl, (2004) Les petits toits du Monde, collective collection of texts around writing (with Louise Warren, Jean Louis Giovannoni, Arno Bertina, Ludovic Degroote)

Coordination et direction artistique d'ouvrages Caracolavie et autres poèmes in collaboration with Esther Puifhouloux and Juliette Rahban (album) and a group of children and adults from the city of Contrexéville L'écrivantaire, récit d'expériences d'ateliers d'écriture, with a professional collective of social and cultural figures, illustrated by Amina Bouajila

Prizes and honours Prix Tapage 2014, for La guerre de Catherine Prix 12/14 de Brive-la-Gaillarde 2008 for Alors, partir ?