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name: Laura Rahme
about: Laura Rahme is a French-Australian novelist based in France. Born in Senegal and deeply inspired by her rich family heritage (Lebanese, French and Vietnamese), she finds joy in writing novels informed by historical and cultural research.With Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Engineering (Aerospace Avionics), she balances a 20 year career in Tech with her great love of telling stories.She has written,𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓼 (2012) - a historical novel set in China's Early Ming Dynasty.𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓻𝓲 (2014) - a historical mystery with supernatural themes set in 15th century Venice.𝓙𝓾𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓷'𝓼 𝓣𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓻 (2017) - a French Revolution psychological thriller/mystery which pays homage to her Breton origins.𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪 (2021) - a Victorian gothic horror myster Laura Rahme is a French-Australian novelist based in France. Born in Senegal and deeply inspired by her rich family heritage (Lebanese, French and Vietnamese), she finds joy in writing novels informed by historical and cultural research.With Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Engineering (Aerospace Avionics), she balances a 20 year career in Tech with her great love of telling stories.She has written,𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓼 (2012) - a historical novel set in China's Early Ming Dynasty.𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓻𝓲 (2014) - a historical mystery with supernatural themes set in 15th century Venice.𝓙𝓾𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓷'𝓼 𝓣𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓻 (2017) - a French Revolution psychological thriller/mystery which pays homage to her Breton origins.𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪 (2021) - a Victorian gothic horror mystery set in 19th century England and Greece. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵𝔂 (2021) — a real life 19th century fairy tale set in France, featuring first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême (1784 - 1833) and one of France's most mysterious figures, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. In 2020, Laura announced that she is working on a historical crime novel set in her birth country, Senegal. The Silence of the Pirogue will explore 70s and 80s Senegal, a world she has lived. ...more