Éric Holder (5 April 1960 – 22 January 2019) was a French novelist. His novels, Mademoiselle Chambon, L'Homme de chevet and Bienvenue parmi nous were adapted to the cinema in 2009 and 2012. He was awarded several literary prizes, including the Prix littéraire de la vocation (1989), the Prix Fénéon (1989), the Prix Thyde Monnier (1989), the Prix Décembre (1994), the Prix Roger Nimier (1996), and the Prix Service Littéraire (2008). He died on 23 January 2019, aged 58. Source: Wikipedia (en)