Pierre Boileau

BoileauNarcejac French bwalo naʁsəʒak is the pen name used by the French crimewriting duo of Pierre Boileau 28 April 1906 16 January 1989 and Pierre Ayraud also known as Thomas Narcejac 3 July 1908 7 June 1998 Their successful collaboration produced 43 novels 100 short stories and 4 plays They are credited with having helped to form an authentically French subgenre of crime fiction emphasising local settings and mounting psychological suspense They are noted for the ingenuity of their plots and the skilful evocation of the mood of disorientation and fear Their works were adapted into numerous films notably Les Diaboliques 1955 directed by HenriGeorges Clouzot and Vertigo 1958 directed by Alfred Hitchcock Description above from the Wikipedia article BoileauNarcejac licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia