A recipient of the Best International Author prize from the 2023 Biblioteca Suore Montevergine book fair, Laura Rahme is an award-winning French-Australian novelist. Born in Senegal and inspired by her rich family heritage (Lebanese, French and Vietnamese), she writes fiction informed by historical and cultural research.
With Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Aerospace Engineering, she balances a long career in Tech with her great love of telling stories.
She has written,
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ (2012) - a historical novel set in China's Early Ming Dynasty.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ป๐ฒ (2014) - a historical mystery with supernatural themes set in 15th century Venice.
๐๐พ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท'๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ธ๐ป (2017) - a French Revolution psychological thriller/mystery which pays homage to her Breton origins.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช (2021) - a Victorian gothic horror mystery set in 19th century England and Greece.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ (2021) โ a real life 19th century fairy tale set in France, featuring first celebrity chef, Antonin Carรชme (1784 - 1833) and one of France's most mysterious figures, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pรฉrigord.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ปรฉ๐ฎ (2024) โ a historical mystery set in 1840s Gorรฉe, reprising the French detective Maurice Leroux from the novel, Calista. Where Calista drew on elements of the fantastique, this mystery blends magic realism with Senegalese folklore.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐พ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ - the third Maurice Leroux mystery set in 1854 Nice. Expected publication in late 2027.
In 2020, Laura announced that she was working on a historical crime novel set in her birth country, Senegal. The Silence of the Pirogue will explore 70s and 80s Senegal. The roman ร clef will be published in 2027.




