Mélanie Fazi

Mélanie Fazi (born 29 November 1976) is a French novelist and translator specialising in fantasy fiction. As well as writing award-winning fiction of her own she has translated works by Lois McMaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon, Poppy Z. Brite and Graham Joyce into French for Éditions Bragelonne, a French publisher. In 2020, Fazi announced on her blog that she had been diagnosed with autism.

Notable awards

 * 2002: Prix Merlin ( "Merlin Prize") for Matilda (original novel)
 * 2004: Prix Merlin for Trois Pépins du fruit des morts ( "Three Seeds of the Fruit of the Dead") (original novel)
 * 2005: Prix Masterton ( "Masterton Prize") for Arlis des forains ( "Arlis fairground") (original novel)
 * 2005: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire ( "Grand Prize of the Imagination") for Serpentine (original novel)
 * 2007: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Lignes de vie ( "Lifelines") (translation)
 * 2009: Prix Masterton for Notre-Dame-aux-Ecailles ( "Our Lady of Scales") (original novel)
 * 2010: Prix Masterton for Miroir de porcelaine ( "Porcelain Mirror") (original novel)