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Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran (21 February 1908, Hyères, Var — 19 January 1994, Paris), best known by his pseudonym Paul Berna, was a French writer whose children's books were also published in Britain and the United States.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked on a suburban newspaper. After publishing several books under his own name, from 1952 he wrote children's books under the pseudonym Paul Berna. His books were published by Rouge et Or, the publishing house where his brother Guy Sabran worked as an illustrator. The brothers collaborated on Zoupette en camping, Les Contes des mille et une nuits and Nous irons à Lunaterra.

His most famous book Le Chevel sans tête, usually known in English as A Hundred Million Francs, was published in 1958. It concerns the adventures of a gang of street urchins from the slums of Paris whose plaything, a headless horse on wheels, is used as a hiding-place by train robbers. It has been translated into several languages, enjoying great success in Britain and the United States. In 1963, the Disney Studios in Britain filmed the book as The Horse Without a Head: The 100,000,000 Franc Train Robbery, scripted by T. E. B. Clarke and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Herbert Lom.

The Mystery of the Cross-eyed Man was read on Jackanory in 1968 by Keith Barron.

Paul Berna also wrote science fiction novels, the best known being La Porte des étoiles (Threshold of the Stars) and its sequel Le Continent du Ciel (Continent in the Sky).

For his adult novels he used the pseudonyms Bernard Deleuze and Paul Gerrard, and for detective fiction, Joel Audrenn.

In 1958, Jean Sabran married Jany Saint-Marcoux, herself an author of Rouge et Or books for children.

At the end of his life he suffered from blindness.

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Total Books: 38
Le cheval sans tte
2002 - Le Cheval Sans Tte (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782013219693
ISBN-10: 2013219695
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Le cheval sans tete
2002 - Le Cheval Sans Tete [French Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9782010008931
ISBN-10: 2010008936
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Last Dawn
1977 - Last Dawn (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780207957079
ISBN-10: 020795707X
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Hundred Million Francs
1975 - Hundred Million Francs [New Method Supplementary Readers] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780582534162
ISBN-10: 058253416X
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The Vagabonds Ashore
1973 - The Vagabonds Ashore (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370108971
ISBN-10: 0370108973
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Berna Knights of King Midas
1973 - Berna Knights of King Midas (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370009131
ISBN-10: 0370009134
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Vagabonds of the Pacific
1973 - Vagabonds of the Pacific (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370012339
ISBN-10: 037001233X
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Street Musician
1972 - Street Musician (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780370009124
ISBN-10: 0370009126
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Gaby and the New Money Fraud
1971 - Gaby and the New Money Fraud (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370012230
ISBN-10: 0370012232
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Myna Bird Mystery
1970 - Myna Bird Mystery (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370012193
ISBN-10: 0370012194
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Clue of the Black Cat
1970 - Clue of the Black Cat [Knight Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780340039854
ISBN-10: 034003985X
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Truckload of Rice
1970 - Truckload of Rice (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780394908502
ISBN-10: 0394908503
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Flood Warning
1967 - Flood Warning [New Windmills] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780435121075
ISBN-10: 0435121073
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Knights of King Midas
1962 - Knights of King Midas (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780394913087
ISBN-10: 0394913086
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A Hundred Million Francs
A Hundred Million Francs (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140301434
ISBN-10: 0140301437
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THE STREET MUSICIAN
The Street Musician (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140301625
ISBN-10: 0140301623
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The Mystery of the Crosseyed Man
The Mystery of the Crosseyed Man [Puffin Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140303735
ISBN-10: 0140303731
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The Secret Of The Missing Boat
The Secret of the Missing Boat (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140303919
ISBN-10: 014030391X
Genre: Children's Books
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Threshold Of The Stars
Threshold of the Stars (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780340039861
ISBN-10: 0340039868
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No Royalty A/C Flood Warning
No Royalty a/c Flood Warning (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370009629
ISBN-10: 0370009622
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Mystery of SaintSalgue
Mystery of Saintsalgue (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370009742
ISBN-10: 0370009746
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