Isabelle Hausser

• Isabelle Hausser spent three years in Syria, from 2006 to 2009. Her book Petit Seigneur – a love story and a political tale, as well as a reflection on fiction and censorship in an imaginary sultanate where a dictator reigns – was published in 2010. She has written several other novels, including Nitchevo (Prix des Libraires 1994) and La Table des Enfants (2002 “Elle” magazine readers’ prize).