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Laura Rahme

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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,
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“œ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ (2012) - a historical novel set in China's Early Ming Dynasty.
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ (2014) - a historical mystery with supernatural themes set in 15th century Venice.
๐“™๐“พ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ท'๐“ผ ๐“ฃ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ป (2017) - a French Revolution psychological thriller/mystery which pays homage to her Breton origins.
๐“’๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช (2021) - a Victorian gothic horror mystery set in 19th century England and Greece.
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐”‚ (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.
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ข๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ปรฉ๐“ฎ (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.
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฃ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ - 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.