Antoine Audouard was born in Paris in 1956.
He spent six years as publishing director of Laffont-Fixot. His novel Farewell, My Only One was published in English in 2004, short-listed for the Goncourt Prize, and translated into 14 languages. Another novel, A Bridge of Birds, set in Vietnam, was published in 2005.
Antoine Audouard participated in the 2005 and 2006 World Voices Festivals.