Pierre Dubois (author)

Pierre Dubois (born 19 July 1945) is a French writer, bande dessinée scriptwriter, storyteller, and lecturer.

[1][6] Pierre Dubois was born in Charleville in the Ardennes,[7] which was under Allied military administration after World War II at the time.

[3][8] Dubois spent part of his childhood near the Ardennes forest and developed an interest in local legends and folklore.

[10] He met folklorist Arnold Van Gennep's daughter and the writer Claude Seignolle, who encouraged his interest in folklore.

His career in comics began with contributions to Spirou magazine in 1984, where he wrote the series Le Grand Fabulaire du Petit Peuple, illustrated by René Hausman.