Jean-Baptiste Andrea

French novelist, screenwriter and film director. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and raised in Cannes, he studied political science and economics in Paris before spending two decades writing and directing films in France and the United States, including the cult horror film Dead End (2003). He turned to fiction in his mid-forties: his debut novel, Ma reine (2017), won the Prix Femina des lycéens and the prize for best first novel. His fourth novel, Veiller sur elle (Watching Over Her), won the Prix Goncourt in 2023.