Biography Serge Brussolo

born in paris, brussolo had tormented childhood. studied letters , psychology , wrote first texts early, finding inspiration in misery , disturbed family environment. blackness of first novels set tone of future work.

at beginning of career, publishers despised him because of style – which, although close fantasy , science fiction cannot categorised under genre. persevered because not consider future without writing. work first published in fanzines. first published text escaped prisoner published in 1972 in wedged paddle. followed great number of novels published in anticipation , presence of future series. of works, les semeurs d abîmes, won prix tour-apollo award in 1984.

later gave science fiction in favour of other narrative forms, in particular thriller , historical novel. first thriller, vermin, contained of ingredients of later suspense novels. in thrillers denounces problems of society, in particular of united states. maintain creative freedom brussolo works several publishers whom puts in competition 1 another, relying on high sales figures books achieve. has published under pseudonyms kitty doom, d. morlok, akira suzuko , zeb chillicothe.