Julia Billet


Julia Billet is a French writer, novelist, and author of short stories and poetry.

Publications

Julia Billet has published novels, children's books, collections of short stories and poetry collections:J'ai mal à mon écorce, album illustrated by Ana ArandaLe mystère de la chambre froide, comic strip, with Simon BaillyChambre d'ombre, art book, photographs by Patrick Jacques, illustrated by Cyril Dominger, 2016 Cris de guerres, le Mot fou éditions, 2016 Vivre Livre, a collection of short stories, illustrated by Hélène Humbert, 20161+1=1 double album reprint, illustrated by Clémence Dupont, 2016Salle des pas perdus, album, 2015Alors partir, Corps et graphie, récit d'ateliers d'écriture à France Alzheimer, October 2015MO, graphic novel, illustrated by Simon BBailly, September 2015 Du vent dans les ailes/un potager qui ? en sait long, double album, October 2014 A suivre, short story, February 2014 1+1=1 album, 2013 Promesses, short stories, June 2013 Tu, novel, October 2012 Une bonne nouvelle, album, from the series "Ti lecteurs", June 2012 La guerre de Catherine, novel, first published April 2012, republished as Catherine's War in the US in 2020 Petites histoires de quartiers, short stories, October 2010, short stories published with the help of the T'es qui, toi ?, album, Motus Éditions, September 2010 Sayonara samouraï, novel, Le Seuil, May 2009 and Alors, partir ?, novel, Le Seuil, March 2008 Pourquoi c'est toujours moi qui ?, album, in collaboration with Nana Margabim, November 2007 Le fil invisible, short story, in collaboration with and Anne-Catherine Boudet, June 2007 Noémie lit et crie, album, May 2007 Je n'oublierai pas, album, July 2006 Salle des pas perdus, audiobook edition, 2015,De silences et de glace, novel, March 2002 Cris de guerres, short stories, August 2000 J'ai oublié, novel, August 1998
;Short stories
Collective works published with and Tu connais la nouvelle:Petite Yé cric, bis repetita, in Etranger Les mariés, in Bleu Le photographe, in Chut La vie devant soi dans la mallette pédagogique published by the Observatoire des inégalités
;Short stories and poetry
in journals:Cahier du débord, short story, in the journal Le préau des collines Des poèmes extraits d’un recueil "Tracé", in the journal Lieux d’être De vous à moi, poems, in Littera,
;Artists' booksMaison, created then illustrated by painter Youl, Les petits toits du Monde, collective collection of texts around writing
Coordination et direction artistique d'ouvragesCaracolavie et autres poèmes in collaboration with Esther Puifhouloux and Juliette Rahban and a group of children and adults from the city of ContrexévilleL'écrivantaire, récit d'expériences d'ateliers d'écriture, with a professional collective of social and cultural figures, illustrated by Amina Bouajila

Prizes and honours

  • Prix Tapage 2014, for La guerre de Catherine
  • Prix 12/14 de Brive-la-Gaillarde 2008 for Alors, partir ?
  • Prix Marguerite Audoux des collégiens en 2006 for Salle des pas perdus
  • Prix Sainte-Beuve des collégiens, 2011 for Sayonara samourai
  • Numerous selections for la guerre de Catherine ''Sayonara Samourai, for Alors, partir ? and for Salle des pas perdus''
  • Julia Billet was a guest at the Berlin International Literature Festival 2010