Catherine Dufour is a computer engineer, and a columnist on the Monde Diplomatique. For her first publication she was awarded the Merlin Prize for Blanche-neige et les lance-missiles(Snow White and the Missile Launchers) the first volume of a four-part series of humorous science fiction inspired by Terry Pratchett (Quand les dieux buvaient [When the Gods Drank], Nestiveqnen editions, 2002-2007). Since 2016 she has been taking part in study groups reflecting on tomorrow’s world, within the science fiction author group, Zanzibar.