Olivier Norek
French writer, screenwriter and police officer
About Olivier Norek
Born 1975. Olivier Norek is a French writer, screenwriter, police officer and criminal investigator.
Olivier Norek is a French writer of crime fiction.
Biography He was born in Toulouse in 1975. He served as an aid worker in Guyana and the former Yugoslavia. He became a policeman, serving for 18 years and eventually rising to the rank of captain in the Seine-Saint-Denis district.
His crime novels have been bestsellers in France, and the first of his Banlieue trilogy, titled Code 93, has been translated into English by Nick Caistor and published by Maclehose Press under the title The Lost and the Damned. The series features the fictional police detective Captain Coste.
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Who is Olivier Norek?
French writer, screenwriter and police officer
When was Olivier Norek born?
Olivier Norek was born on 2 August 1975 in Castelnau-Pégayrols.
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Olivier Norek is a writer, screenwriter, police officer and criminal investigator.
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Olivier Norek is French.
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