Bernard Minier

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (October 2025) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Bernard Minier]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Bernard Minier}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Bernard Minier
Bernard Minier
Born	(1960-08-26) 26 August 1960 (age 66) Béziers, France
Writing career
Notable works	The Frozen Dead, The Hunt
Notable awards	Prix Festival Polar de Cognac (2011, 2015)
Signature

Bernard Minier (born 26 August 1960) is a French novelist.

Minier grew up in Montréjeau^{[non-primary source needed]} at the foot of the Pyrenees, then studied in Tarbes and Toulouse before staying one year in Spain. He lives today in Île-de-France.

He first made a career in the customs administration while participating in short stories competitions before sending a manuscript to publishers. He published his first novel, Glacé, in 2011. He is part of the French artists' collective La Ligue de l'Imaginaire.

He won the Prix Festival Polar de Cognac in 2011 and 2015.

Books

• Glacé, XO éditions, 2011
• Le Cercle, XO éditions, 2012
• N'éteins pas la lumière, XO éditions, 2014
• Une putain d'histoire, XO éditions, 2015
• Nuit, XO éditions, 2017
• Sœurs, XO éditions, 2018
• M, le bord de l'abîme, XO éditions, 2019
• La Vallée, XO éditions, 2020
• La Chasse, XO éditions, 2021
• Lucia, XO éditions, 2022
• Un œil dans la nuit, XO éditions, 2023
• Les Effacées, XO éditions, 2024
• H, XO éditions, 2025
• Ruptures, XO éditions, 2026

References