Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published "Essays in Love" (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include "How Proust Can Change Your Life" (1997), "Status Anxiety" (2004) and "The Architecture of Happiness" (2006).
Pierre Bottero
Some other projects have seen the light, mostly at Rageot, or were in the making as Bottero spent most of his time writing, while he wasn’t touring all over France for animations or book fairs.
He won the teenager prize (in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine) in 2008 for the first volume of "L'autre: le souffle de la hyène", released at Rageot. This is a prize given each year by the High school students from the Ille-et-Vilaine department, who choose to vote amongst 10 books. He also received the departmental prize of Hérault by the students in 6th and 7th grade for "Le Pacte des Marchombres" (a trilogy dedicated to Ellana, one of the main characters in the series "La Quète d'Ewilan" and "Les Mondes d'Ewilan"); and the prize “Imaginales” in 2011 in Epinal for Les Âmes croisées.