Pierre Cormon, born 1965 in Ambilly, France, is a Swiss writer [1] and has published books in French, Brazilian Portuguese and English, including Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners.
[2][3] He began his career as a journalist with Le Nouveau Quotidien in 1992, then worked as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, Yemen and Rwanda between 1993 and 1996.
[1] He resumed his career as a journalist with the Journal de Genève, La Liberté and Entreprise romande.
[4] He drew on this experience in his novel Le Traître, which tells the story of a Swiss living in Cairo who becomes embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
[5] He is also the author of a book explaining the Swiss political system to foreigners[6]and of a novel written directly in Brazilian Portuguese, set during Rio carnival.