Agnès Laroche
{{Short description|French author and novelist (1965–2023)}}
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Agnès Laroche (1 December 1965 – 11 February 2023) was a French author and novelist.{{cite web|url=https://carnet.charentelibre.fr/deces/mme-rouzaut-laroche-agnes-1957825.amp.html|title=Mme ROUZAUT-LAROCHE Agnès|work=Charente Libre|language=French}}
Biography
Born in Paris on 1 December 1965, Laroche wrote numerous fictional works to be broadcast on the radio and youth novels published in children's press.{{cite web|url=http://www.lesincos.com/auteur-57/agnes-laroche.html|title=Agnès Laroche|work=Prix des Incorruptibles|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131217094546/http://www.lesincos.com/auteur-57/agnes-laroche.html|archivedate=17 December 2013}} She wrote her first book at the age of 43.{{cite interview |last=Laroche|first=Agnès|subject-link= |interviewer= |title=Interview d'Agnès Laroche|work=Festival de Littérature Jeunesse de la médiathèque Loire et Nohain|date=28 March 2019|publisher= |location= |url= |access-date=}} Prior to her career as an author, she worked in professional integration for 20 years. Since then, she wrote approximately 40 books. She primarily wrote out of her home in Angoulême. She was married and was the mother of three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteurs/recherche/8666-agnes-laroche|title=Agnès Laroche|work=ricochet-jeunes.org|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131217094503/http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteurs/recherche/8666-agnes-laroche|archivedate=17 December 2013}}
In 2015, Laroche was awarded the {{ill|Prix des Incorruptibles|fr}} for her youth novel, Rue des petits singes.{{cite web|url=https://cnlj.bnf.fr/fr/page-prix-litteraire/les-incorruptibles-2010-2019|title=Palmarès 2015|work=Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse|language=French}} That same year, she won the Prix Mon ami for Le fantôme de Sarah Fisher.
Laroche died after a long illness on 11 February 2023, at the age of 57.{{cite news |last=De Sepausy|first=Victor|date=13 February 2023|title=Décès d'Agnès Laroche, autrice d'albums et romans jeunesse|trans-title= |url=https://actualitte.com/article/110183/auteurs/deces-d-agnes-laroche-autrice-d-albums-et-romans-jeunesse|language=French|work=ActuaLitté|location= |access-date=13 February 2023}}
Works
- Tim Sans-dragon (2008)
- Un copain de plus (2009)
- La Drôle de vie d'Archie (2009)
- Scoops au lycée (2010)
- Murder Party (2010)
- Super-Jojo fait l'école buissonnière (2010)
- Cours Ayana ! (2011)
- Cœur de vampire (2011)
- Le Fantôme de Sarah Fisher (2011)
- La Dragonne de minuit (2011)
- Scoops au lycée (2012)
- Tim sans dragon (2012)
- Nicodème (2012)
- Sauve-toi Nora (2012)
- Rue des petits singes (2013)
- La vraie recette de l'amour (2013)
- Le Mot magique (2013)
- C'est qui le Roi des animaux ? (2013)
- Tu vas payer (2013)
- Duo pour une enquête (2014)
- Charly et moi (2015)
- La vraie recette de l'amour (2016)
- Cœurs en fuite (2017)
- La vie dure trois minutes (2018)
- Prunelle, Sorcière Rebelle (2021)
- Prunelle, l’Ultime Sortilège (2022)