Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982) is a

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writer from

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."Moi, mon bonheur: Geneviève Pettersen, alias Madame Chose"
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'', March 23, 2012. Her debut novel, ''La déesse des mouches à feu'' (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.

Biography

Pettersen was born in

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, 1982. She wrote "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food

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and column for ''

''."Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose"
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'', October 23, 2014. In 2014, she published ''Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose'', a collection of her Madame Chose writing about relationships. Her debut novel ''La déesse des mouches à feu'' was published in 2014. The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015, and its English translation by Neil Smith, ''The Goddess of Fireflies'', was a shortlisted nominee for the

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at the

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'', October 4, 2016. ''La déesse des mouches à feu'' was adapted by film director

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for the 2020 film '' Goddess of the Fireflies''. Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald."Couples créateurs: Un joyeux chaos"
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'', February 14, 2015.

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