Pierre Magnan was born on September 19, 1922 in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. He was a writer, known for
La maison assassinée (1988),
Commissaire Laviolette (2006) and
Le secret des Andrônes (1982). He died on April 28, 2012 in Voiron, Isère, France.