Born in Taza, Kebir Ammi is a Moroccan writer currently living in Paris. A novelist, essayist, and playwright, he is the author, notably, of Le Ciel sans détours, Les Vertus immorales, and Mardochée, all published by Gallimard. Ben Aïcha, published by Mémoire d’encrier (Montreal, 2019), was reviewed in the Winter 2020 issue of WLT. His novel À la recherche de Glitter Faraday (Éditions Project’îles, 2023) was reviewed in the March 2024 issue of WLT. His latest novel, Le coiffeur aux mains rouges, was published by Éditions Elyzad in 2025.