Panel Discussion and Signing Session
Jean-David Morvan for the comic «Madeleine Résistant». He is one of the most prolific comic book writers of his generation. Author of many books, he won in 2009 a Silver Award at the International Manga Prize for the album «Zaya». This biography of the resistant Madeleine Riffaud, produced in collaboration with her and illustrator Dominique Bertail, received the prestigious René-Goscinny Award – Best Screenwriter at the 2022 Angoulême Festival.
Bruno Doucey for “If you talk, Marianne.” Author of anthologies, stories and poems, in 2010 he founded his own publishing house, dedicated to poetry. Her work is an ode to the memory of Marianne Cohn, a young Jewish Resistance fighter, who will change her name to Marianne Colin to bring Jewish children to Switzerland.
Mark Zellweger for «Les espiones du Salève». A former private adviser to the directors of leading international intelligence services, he is now totally devoted to writing and is considered «the new master of the spy novel» by many specialized critics. His series «Les espiones du Salève» tells in a fictional way but also very documented episodes of local resistance.