Pierre Maël

Pierre Maël was the shared pen name of Charles Causse and Charles Vincent, two French writers who published together. They are associated with a large body of fiction, including adventure stories and novels aimed at a broad popular audience.

Their books were especially well known in France around the turn of the 20th century. The name Pierre Maël became attached to energetic, accessible storytelling, and many of the works were published in illustrated editions that helped keep them in circulation.

Because Pierre Maël was a joint pseudonym rather than a single person, biographical details are often presented under the names of both collaborators. That makes the author name an interesting literary identity in its own right: not one voice, but a partnership.