Carole Martinez (10 November 1966 in Créhange) is a French contemporary novelist.
She was at a time tempted by theater and created her troupe at age 20.[1]
She is a teacher of French.
Her first novel, Le Cœur cousu [fr], released discreetly in February 2007, received thereafter numerous prizes.[2][3] Her second novel, Du domaine des Murmures [fr], is short listed for the prix Goncourt (the prize eventually went to L'Art français de la guerre by Alexis Jenni with five votes, and three to Carole Martinez.[4]) She finally was awarded the prix Goncourt des lycéens.