Benoît Séverac, born in 1966, grew up at the foot of the Pyrenees and became a Toulouse native at the age of 18. He has been in turn guitarist-singer, actor, seasonal farm worker, ewe keeper, restorer of funeral monuments, seller of luxury regional products and “furnished” rooms for big Japanese clients, judo teacher, photographer in the air force, waiter, clarinettist in a jazz big band and then co-founder of a rock-latino-jazz band. Today he teaches English. He publishes both novels for adults and children's literature.
