Jean-Pierre Angel was born in Paris in 1938. He is the son of Jewish immigrants from Turkey. Jean-Pierre lived the five years of the Second World War posing as Catholic while hiding with his father, his mother and his two sisters in the French provinces, later in Nice and in Villefranche de Rouergue a small town in central France where he situates most of the action of The Outcasts. Jean-Pierre left France to study in the United States] at the age of 18 and has lived there more than fifty years after graduating from New York University [NYU]. He is divorced and the father of three boys, all living in the United States. Jean-Pierre Angel made his career in advertising, finance and Internet Technology. He wrote poetry before going into fiction. Jean-Pierre writes in French. He published a book in 2008: Le Peigne en Écaille, Éditions de l'Archipel, Paris France, sold over 13,000 copies. The book was translated into English. Under the title: The Tortoise Shell Comb published by AuthorHouse in 2015. The Outcast is Jean-Pierre Angel 4th book. Jean-Pierre continues to write and has 3 unpublished manuscripts in his drawers. Having acquired a residence in Paris, he divides his time between France and the city of Boston in the United States, where he resides. Other work by Jean-Pierre Angel Le Peigne en Ecaille[French]over 13,000 copies sold Published at Editions de l'Archipel - 2008 The Tortoiseshell Comb - [English] Released in 2014 at Éditions du Net ISBN: 978-2-312-02021-1