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Anne Pauly is a writer working and living in Paris. Her first book, Avant que j’oublie (Éditions Verdier, 2019), is a tragi-comic story of mourning death and “vengeful social mobility.” It was awarded the 2020 Prix du Livre Inter and Prix Robert Walser after shortlisting for the Prix Femina, Prix Wepler, and Prix Goncourt. Anne Pauly is also involved in the queer and feminist movements in France, working with authors such as Virginie Despentes and Paul B. Preciado. She was the artistic director of Loud and Proud from 2015 to 2019, a queer, feminist and intersectional festival that questions the representation and visibility of women and sexual minorities in culture. She is also a DJ.