Jean-Paul Didierlaurent (2 March 1962 – 5 December 2021) was a French writer. Career He is best known for the novel The Reader on the 6.27 (Le liseur du 6h27, 2014), translated into English by Ros Schwartz and published by Pan Books in 2015 (). Didierlaurent was awarded the 2015 Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for Le liseur du 6h27. Didierlaurent's second novel Le reste de leur vie was also translated by Ros Schwartz and was published as The Rest of Their Lives by Mantle in 2017 (). References 1962 births 2021 deaths French male writers French male novelists People from Vosges (department)