Only two English translations of their novels are currently in print and their reputation in the English-speaking world has been largely superseded by the film adaptations made by Hitchcock and Clouzot.
He resumed his writing career in 1945 with the novel L'Assassin vient les mains vides, and scripting a couple of successful radio series in 1945–1947. His work involved visiting penal colonies and interviewing criminals. He returned to Paris in 1942, and enlisted as a social worker for the Secours National, an organization helping the disadvantaged. Boileau was released from the camp due to his medical condition. He was drafted during World War II, taken prisoner in June 1940, and spent two years in a stalag, where he met Jean-Paul Sartre. Boileau's novel Le repos de Bacchus was awarded the prestigious Prix du Roman d'Aventures in 1938.
Then he wrote a series of novels about André Brunel, a dapper private detective specialized in difficult cases. He changed several occupations while also contributing short stories and novellas to various newspapers and magazines. His studies prepared him for a career in commerce, but he had been passionate about detective fiction since childhood. Pierre Louis Boileau was born on 28 April 1906 in Paris, the son of Léon and Maria Boileau (n ée Guillaud).
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