Nicolas Mathieu

Nicolas Mathieu (born 2 June 1978 in Épinal) is a French author and winner of the Prix Goncourt in 2018. His first novel is Aux animaux la guerre ("To Animals War"; 2014), a mystery and crime novel. It was adapted to a 6-part France 3 television series in 2018. It was translated into English in 2021 under the title ("Of Fangs And Talons").

His second novel, Leurs enfants après eux (2018) is about a group of young people in a fictional rural northeastern French town over the course of six years. The novel portrays the problems caused by deindustrialization. It has been translated by William Rodarmor and was published in the United States as And Their Children After Them on 7 April 2020 by Other Press.