Daniel Odier (born in 1945 in Geneva, Switzerland) is an author of fiction. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking He is most famous for his works written under the pseudonym of Delacorta.
Odier is best known for a series of books that center on an underage girl named Alba. In the series, Alba engages in an unconsummated romance with an older man who provides for her. Together they solve mysteries that are generally caused, at least in part, by Alba herself. The series includes the novel Diva which was later used as the basis for a popular French film of the same name. Diva ( 1979) by Daniel Odier (writing under the Pseudonym Delacorta) is a crime novel set in Paris. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Diva is a 1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from a novel of the same name by Daniel Odier (under the pseudonym Delacorta He has also written another book, The Rap Factor, about a detective agency in Florida using the same pseudonym.