Lionel Duroy is the author of more than twenty novels, including Le Chagrin [Grief] (François-Mauriac Prize, Marcel-Pagnol Prize), L’Hiver des hommes [The Winter of Men] (Renaudot des Lycéens Prize, Joseph-Kessel Prize), Eugenia [Eugenia] (Anaïs-Nin Prize), and Un mal irréparable [An Irreparable Evil] (Mialet Barrault, August 2025).