Laurent Mauvignier (born in 1967, Tours) is a French writer.

[1] He is the brother of the director Thierry Mauvignier.

After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Laurent Mauvignier decided to become a writer in the 1990s following the advice of Tanguy Viel, a friend and novelist.

[1] To date, he published all his works at the éditions de Minuit, where along with Jean Echenoz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Marie NDiaye or Éric Chevillard, Laurent Mauvignier is associated with the so-called « Style [des éditions de] Minuit ».

[2][3] Translated works: