Hugues Pagan

Hugues Pagan was born in 1947 in Orléansville, French Algeria (now Algeria).^[1] His father was a postman who also served in the Military reserve forces of France, and his mother was a school principal.^[2] He earned bachelor's degrees in sociology, psychology and philosophy, followed by a master's degree.^[2]

Pagan taught philosophy in Gérardmer from 1967 to 1970.^[3] He became a policeman in Nancy in 1972; he later worked in Belfort.^[3] By 1988, he was an investigator in the 1988 Gare de Lyon rail accident.^[1] He resigned in 1991.^[2]

Pagan is the author of detective novels.^[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.^[5] In 2017, he used the same protagonist as the one in his first novel, Charles Schneider, in Profil perdu.^[1]

Pagan is also a television writer; he has written for Police District Un flic, Mafiosa and Nicolas Le Floch.^[4]

Pagan resides in Charente-Maritime.^[2]

• Pagan, Hughes (1982). La Mort dans une voiture solitaire. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1983). L'Eau du bocal. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1983). Je suis un soir d'été. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1983). Vaines Recherches. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1984). Boulevard des allongés. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1985). Last Affair. Paris: Albin Michel.
• Pagan, Hughes (1987). Les Eaux mortes. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1990). L'Étage des morts. Paris: Albin Michel.
• Pagan, Hughes (1993). Tarif de groupe. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
• Pagan, Hughes (1997). Dernière station avant l'autoroute. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages. ISBN 9782743602451. OCLC 38042958.
• Pagan, Hughes (2017). Profil perdu. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages. ISBN 9782743639358. OCLC 978909916.