Tolkien, followed by deep and frequent divings into the universes of Farmer, Zelazny, Howard, Bradley, Moorcock and Leiber, as well as those of other master magicians.

He was greatly impacted by these readings, both on his imagination and his personality; he stated that he never felt like having invented anything: "I just open the door and the story goes from my mind to my computer."

Some other projects have seen the light, mostly at Rageot, or were in the making as Bottero spent most of his time writing, while he wasn’t touring all over France for animations or book fairs.

In 2008, he won the teenager prize in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine for the first volume of L'autre: le souffle de la hyène, released at Rageot.

Ewilan’s quest: (2003), trilogy composed of “From One World to Another, The Icy Frontiers, Destiny Island” Les Mondes d'Ewilan (Ewilan’s World) (2004), trilogy following Ewilan’s Quest : La Forêt des captifs (Captive’s Forest), L'Œil d'Otolep (Otolep’s Eye) and Les Tentacules du mal (Tentacles of the Evil) Le Pacte des Marchombres (The Marchombre’s Pact) (2008), trilogy composed of Ellana, Ellana l'Envol, (Ellana the Flight) et Ellana la Prophétie (Ellana : the Prophecy) L'Autre (The Other) (2006), the trilogy Le Souffle de la Hyène (the Breathing of the Hyena), Le Maître des tempêtes (The Master of the Storms) and La Huitième Porte (The Eighth Door) Les Âmes croisées (Crossed Souls) (2010 – Posthumous work) Le Chant du Troll (The Song of the Troll) (2010 – graphic novel created with Gilles Francescano – posthumous work) Amies à vie (2001) (Lifetime Friends) Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite (2002) (The boy who wanted to run fast Mon cheval, mon destin (2002) (My horse, my fate) Un cheval en Irlande (2003) (A Horse in Ireland) Zouck (2004) Tour B2, mon amour (2006) (B2 tower, my love) Isayama (2007 - Album) A comme Association (2010) (A for Association) – (Serie by Erik L’Homme which volumes II and IV are realized by with Pierre Bottero ) Fils de sorcières (Witches’ Sons) Le Voleur de chouchous (The scrunchie stealer) Météorite Les Aigles de Vishan Lour (Eagles of Vishan Lour) Princesse en danger (Princess in Danger) [1] [2] [3]