French musician and author who worked under various pseudonyms throughout his career. His musical career was brief and he recorded under the names Melmoth and Dashiell Hedayat [a tribute to Dashiell Hammett and Sadegh Hedayat]. He also used the Hedayat name for his first books before taking on the name Jack-Alain Léger in 1974. He published most of his book under the name Léger and had a best seller with \"Monsignore\". Later he also wrote books under the names Eve Saint-Roch and Paul Smaïl
French musician and author who worked under various pseudonyms throughout his career. His musical career was brief and he recorded under the names Melmoth and Dashiell Hedayat [a tribute to Dashiell Hammett and Sadegh Hedayat]. He also used the Hedayat name for his first books before taking on the name Jack-Alain Léger in 1974. He published most of his book under the name Léger and had a best seller with \"Monsignore\". Later he also wrote books under the names Eve Saint-Roch and Paul Smaïl