"Il y a dans Méchant un bonheur d'écriture constant et qui enchante. Et pas seulement ce bonheur d'écriture mais aussi ce que j'appellerai une vérité décapante, qui éduque, qui, sous l'apparence de l'alacrité, de la verve, fait apparaître l'essentiel des êtres." Félicien Marceau, de l'Académie française.
Jean-Marc Roberts (born 3 May 1954 - Paris and died 25 March 2013) was a French editor, novelist, and screenwriter. He started writing in the early 1970s. He was awarded the 1973 Fénéon Prize for Samedi, dimanche et fêtes (English: Saturday, Sunday and holidays), and, in 1979, the Prix Renaudot for his novel Affaires étrangères (English: Foreign Affairs). He was an editor for Seuil, the Mercure de France and Fayard and a director of Editions Stock. He died of cancer on March 25, 2013.