Samira El Ayachi was born in Lens. She published her first novel at the age of twenty-seven, La Vie rêvée de Mademoiselle S. (2006, Sarbacane editions) and at the age of thirty, decided to devote himself entirely to writing. For many years, she has collaborated with the performing arts and written texts for reading aloud. His novels Quarante jours après ma mort (2013), Les femmes sont occupies (2019), Le ventre des hommes (2021) were published by Éditions de l'Aube.