Christos Markogiannakis is a Greek novelist based in Paris. Having studied criminology and worked as a criminal lawyer, he is best known for applying criminological tools beyond the courtroom and into the world of art. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, he received the Prix Méditerranée du Polar in 2023 and was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture in 2025.