Julie Ruocco

Ruocco studied international relations^[1] at Sciences Po Aix^[2] before working at the European Parliament for Karima Delli.^[3] In 2016, she published a philosophical work, Et si jouer était un art ? Notre subjectivité esthétique à l'épreuve du jeu vidéo.^[4] In 2021, she published her first novel Furies noting that the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 gave her the time to focus solely on the book.^[5] The novel, set during the Syrian Civil War is about a French archaeologist who smuggles antiquities from Syria to Europe and a Syrian firefighter turned gravedigger. Themes include the bravery of women, the effects of war and the plight of the Kurds. Furies was awarded the Prix Envoyé par La Poste^[6] and was nominated for the Prix littéraire du Monde [fr].^[7]

• Et si jouer était un art ? Notre subjectivité esthétique à l'épreuve du jeu vidéo, Editions L'Harmattan, 2016, ISBN 978-2343102290
• Furies, Actes Sud, 2021, ISBN 978-2-330-15385-4