[1] His father was a postman who also served in the Military reserve forces of France, and his mother was a school principal.
[3] By 1988, he was an investigator in the 1988 Gare de Lyon rail accident.
[4] His first novel, La Mort dans une voiture solitaire, was published in 1982.
[1] He won the Prix Mystère de la critique for Dernière station avant autoroute in 1998.
[1] Pagan is also a television writer; he has written for Police District Un flic, Mafiosa and Nicolas Le Floch.