Yal Ayerdhal (26 January 1959 – 27 October 2015)[1] was a French thriller and science fiction writer from Lyon.

Rainbow Warriors (published at the end of May 2013) flirts with political fiction with most protagonists being LGBTQ.

He shared the Prix Tour Eiffel with co-author Jean-Claude Dunyach for their 1999 novel Étoiles mourantes.

He also received an award for his novel Parleur ou les chroniques d'un rêve enclavé and two for Transparences, a thriller.

He also received the Cyrano award for lifetime achievement in the service of genre fiction and its actors.