Pierre Bottero

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-30

Pierre Bottero was born on February 13, 1964, in Barcelonnette, France, and later settled in Provence, where he lived for the rest of his life. He worked for many years as a primary school teacher before dedicating himself fully to writing, drawing inspiration from fantasy writers including J.R.R. Tolkien, Roger Zelazny, Robert E. Howard, and Michael Moorcock. He is best known for two connected trilogies, La Quete d'Ewilan and Les Mondes d'Ewilan, as well as Le Pacte des Marchombres and L'Autre, and also wrote children's books and collaborated on graphic novels. His novel Le Souffle de la Hyene won a teenage readers' prize in Rennes in 2008, and Les Ames Croisees won the Imaginales prize in 2011. Bottero died on November 8, 2009, at the age of 45; several of his works, including Les Ames Croisees, were published posthumously.

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Books

• D'un monde à l'autre (2003) · Gwendalavir Core Canon
• L'Île du destin (2003) · Gwendalavir Core Canon
• Les Frontières de glace (2003) · Gwendalavir Core Canon
• L'Œil d'Otolep (2004) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon
• La Forêt des captifs (2004) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon
• Les Tentacules du mal (2005) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon
• Ellana (2006) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon
• Ellana l'envol (2007) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon
• Ellana la prophétie (2008) · Gwendalavir Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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