Jean-Christophe Grang? is one of the most popular contemporary French mystery writers. Granger? (born July 15, 1961, Paris) is a French writer and screenwriter. For a long time, as a freelance journalist, he collaborated with many well-known periodicals. Granger used his journalistic experience in writing novels, which, being action-packed detectives by genre, often touch upon complex topics of international terrorism, political extremism, and the dubious activities of occult organizations. In 1994, Granger wrote his first novel, Flight of the Storks, which was more noticed by critics than the general public. However, his second novel, "Purple Rivers," published in 1998, became quite popular, especially after it was filmed in 2000. In subsequent years, the writer created several more novels, wrote the script for the film "Vidok" and the text for the comic strip "The Curse of Zener." Jean-Christophe was married to journalist Virginie Luc, has three children: Louis, Matilda and Ize.