Floriane Soulas

Born in Paris in 1989, Floriane Soulas attended a preparatory class and then an engineering school, the École des Mines de Carmaux. She then completed a thesis in mechanical and material engineering in 2016.{{cite web |title=Floriane Soulas – Rouille |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/floriane-soulas-rouille |url-status= |website=ActuSF |language=fr}}{{cite web |title=Floriane SOULAS |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/auteur.asp?numauteur=2147198137 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.noosfere.org |language=fr}} Alongside her career as a mechanical engineer, she writes science fiction short stories. Her childhood reading and inspirations include Émile Zola, Victor Hugo and Albert Camus, as well as fantasy works by J. R. R. Tolkien and David Gemmell, and science fiction by Isaac Asimov and George Orwell.{{cite web |title=Soulas Floriane |url=https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/soulas-floriane/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Les Imaginales |language=fr}}.

She published her first novel, Rouille in 2018. The book follows a prostitute's investigation into a series of murders in steampunk Paris.{{cite web |last=Chéry |first=Lloyd |date=2018-12-13 |title=9 romans de fantasy ou de science-fiction parfaits pour Noël |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/9-romans-de-fantasy-ou-de-science-fiction-parfaits-pour-noel-13-12-2018-2279079_2920.php |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Le Point |language=fr}} It was awarded the ActuSF award for uchronia in the Literature category,{{Cite web |title=Floriane SOULAS – Bibliographie Bio & infos – Biographie – nooSFere |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/auteur.asp?numauteur=2147198137&Niveau=bio |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.noosfere.org |language=fr}} the Imaginales award for high school students, and a Chrysalis award from the European Science Fiction Society.{{cite web |date=2019-08-24 |title=ESFS Awards 2019 |url=https://www.esfs.info/2019/08/24/esfs-awards-2019/ |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=European Science Fiction Society |language=en}}

Her second novel, Les Noces de la renarde, was published in 2019 and takes place in medieval fantasy Japan.{{cite web |title=Les Noces de la renarde, Floriane SOULAS |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146604668 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.noosfere.org |language=fr}} The novel was nominated for the Elbakin award{{cite web |last=Gillossen |date=12 September 2019 |title=Les résultats du prix Elbakin.net 2019 dévoilés ! |url=http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/25807-Les-resultats-du-prix-Elbakinnet-2019-devoiles |language=fr}} and won the Ouest Hurlant – Livre de poche award 2022.{{cite web |title=Le prix de L'Ouest Hurlant 2022 ont été décernés |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/le-prix-de-louest-hurlant-2022-ont-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-d%C3%A9cern%C3%A9s |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=ActuSF |language=fr}}

In 2020, Floriane Soulas was awarded the ‘Coup de Coeur’ at the {{Interlanguage link|Les Imaginales|lt=Les Imaginales|fr|Les Imaginales}} festival,{{cite web |date=2020-01-28 |title=Floriane Soulas, Coup de cœur 2020 |url=https://www.imaginales.fr/floriane-soulas-coup-de-coeur-2020/ |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=Les Imaginales |language=fr}}{{cite web |title=Floriane Soulas est le "Coup de Coeur" des Imaginales 2020 |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/floriane-soulas-est-le-coup-de-coeur-des-imaginales-2020 |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=ActuSF |language=fr}} in recognition of a promising young author. As the festival did not take place during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was named again Coup de Coeur for the 2021 edition.{{cite web |date=2020-04-10 |title=Prochain édition des Imaginales : Du 27 au 30 mai 2021 |url=https://www.imaginales.fr/prochaine-edition-des-imaginales-du-27-au-30-mai-2021/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=Les Imaginales |language=fr}}.

Her third novel, the space opera Les Oubliés de l'Amas, was published in 2021. The plot takes place in a kind of pirate city built from waste orbiting Jupiter. The novel draws inspiration from Asimov's robots, Star Wars' racing cars and Mass Effect's stations.{{cite web |date=2021-11-04 |title=Critique – Les Oubliés de l'Amas (Floriane Soulas) : Floriane Soulas se lance dans l'action qui prend aux tripes ! |url=https://syfantasy.fr/critiques/critique-les-oublies-de-lamas-floriane-soulas-floriane-soulas-se-lance-dans-laction-qui-prend-aux-tripes/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=syfantasy.fr |language=fr}} The novel was nominated for the Prix Rosny-Aîné 2022 and won the Prix européen Utopiales des pays de la Loire 2022.{{cite web |title=Les Oubliés de l'Amas, Floriane soulas |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146624715 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.noosfere.org |language=fr}} While this book was published in paperback in 2023 by Pocket Imaginaire, under the ‘Rising Stars of the Imaginary’ label offered by publisher Charlotte Volper,{{cite web |title=Les étoiles montantes de l'imaginaire |url=https://www.lisez.com/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Lisez! |language=fr}} Floriane Soulas also published the same year Tonnerre après les ruines, a post-apocalyptic novel, by Argyll.{{cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=Tonnerre après les ruines, Floriane Soulas |url=https://lenocherdeslivres.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/tonnerre-apres-les-ruines-floriane-soulas/ |website=Le nocher des livres |language=fr}}

• Prix Imaginales des Lycéens 2019
• Prix Chrysalis – European Science Fiction Society 2019
• Prix ActuSF 2018
• Prix utopiales 2022

• Rouille,
• Les Noces de Renarde, Scrineo 2019
• Les Oubliés de l'Amas, 2021
• Tonnerre après les ruines, 2023

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