Jean Laborde (9 December 1918 – 30 January 2007) was a French journalist and writer.

He was born in Lyon on 9 December 1918.

He studied law at university before commencing his career as a journalist. At the request of Pierre Lazareff, Jean became the judicial reporter of the France Soir in 1945. As such, he covered several famous cases, among them the Victor Kravchenko case, the Marie Besnard case and the Gustave Dominici case. From 1964, he was the chief law correspondent of L'Aurore. He quit in 1978 as a result of conflict with the new owner, Le Figaro.

He wrote some twenty books, under his own name and pen names such as Jean Delion and Raf Vallet. Several of his books were adapted for the cinema. In addition, he co-wrote the screenplay of Peur sur la ville, directed by Henri Verneuil in 1975.

He died in Biarritz on 30 January 2007, aged 88.

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