Thierry Jonquet (January 19, 1954 – August 9, 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside of France was Mygale (1995), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005 (Serpent's Tail). He wrote over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie.Jonquet died aged 55 in hospital in Paris.Tarantula has been filmed by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, under the title The Skin I Live In, which was entered in competition in May 2011 for the Cannes Film Festival.
Born in a communist family, his father was a mechanic at the Public transit service in Paris (RATP), he became a friend of the Troskyite Lutte Ouvrière group.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Boulevard du Palais
TV Series creator - 28 episodes, 2000 - 2015 based on the characters created by - 6 episodes, 2008 - 2012 creator - novel: Les Orpailleurs - 2 episodes, 2007 novel "Les Orpailleurs" - 2 episodes, 2006 original scenario - 2 episodes, 1999 - 2000 adaptation and dialogue - 1 episode, 1999 novel "Les orpailleurs" - 1 episode, 1999
La piel que habito
2011
novel "Tarantula"
Fracture
2010
TV Movie novel by: "Ils sont votre épouvante et vous êtes leur crainte"
Résolution 819
2008
TV Movie
Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome
TV Series short story - 2 episodes, 2001 - 2005 scenario and dialogue - 1 episode, 2001
$1.1 Million
