Joël Dicker Books

Joël Dicker is a Swiss novelist who writes in French. Born in Geneva in 1985, he studied law at the University of Geneva before turning to writing. His international breakthrough, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française in 2012. Dicker’s other novels include The Book of the Baltimore Family, The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer, and The Enigma of Room 622. His fiction often combines suspense with questions of memory, family, ambition, and the stories people tell about themselves.