Caroline Roque | |
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 Roque in 2016 | |
| Born | 27 April 1975 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Children's literature; Comics |
| Notable awards | Prix Tangente des lycéens (2020) |
| Partner | Bertrand Escaich |
Caroline Roque (born 27 April 1975) [1] is a French author of children's novels and comics.
Caroline Roque was born in 1975 in Perpignan. She studied there at the Lycée Arago. Eight years later, while in the final year of a PhD in chemistry at Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, she changed direction and devoted herself to writing. [2]
Together with Bertrand Escaich, she forms the duo Béka and writes several comic series for publishers including Bamboo Édition, Dargaud and Dupuis. They achieved notable public success in particular with Les Rugbymen , [3] [2] Studio Danse , [4] and the Le jour où… series. [2] [5] [6] [7]
Roque also writes children's novelizations of the comics series Les P’tits Rugbymen and Studio Danse for Bamboo Pocket. From 2017 onwards, together with Bertrand Escaich, she co-wrote Mission Capitale, a series of children's detective novels published by Rageot.
Under her own name, she also writes illustrated picture books for younger children, published by Mijade and Auzou.
