Jean-François Coatmeur was born on July 26, 1925 in Pouldavid, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for La nuit rouge (1983), Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome (2001) and Meurtre avec préméditation (1989). He died on December 11, 2017 in Brest, Finistère, France.