Constance Debré, born in 1972, is a French lawyer and novelist.

Biography

Constance Debré's parents were journalist

François Debré François Debré (3 April 1942 – 14 September 2020) was a French writer and journalist. Winner of the Albert Londres Prize in 1977, he was a member of the Société des gens de lettres. Biography The second son of Prime Minister Michel Debr ...

(1942–2020) and former model Maylis Ybarnégaray (1942–1988); the judge and politician

Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (; 30 September 1944 – 4 March 2025) was a French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.

is her uncle. Her grandparents included

Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 ...

(1912–1996), former Prime Minister under General de Gaulle, and Jean Ybarnégaray (1883–1956), a minister of the

Vichy regime Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the defeat against ...

and resistance fighter. She was 16 when her mother died. She studied at

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV () is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges ('' lycées'') in France. The school educates more ...

, then law at Panthéon-Assas University. She is also a graduate of class 99 (E99) of the

ESSEC Business School Founded in 1907, ESSEC Business School (École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) is a French higher education institution specialising in business and management. It is a grande école, a type of institution known for select ...

. She married in 1993 and had a son in 2008. Working as a defence lawyer, she accompanied her father in 2011 when he was charged in an inquiry into fictitious jobs at the town hall of Paris. In 2013, she was elected second secretary of the Conference of Lawyers of the Paris Bar. In 2015, she left her husband and her job to live with a woman and pursue a full-time career as a writer. In 2018, she won the for her autobiographical novel ''Play Boy'', which describes the aftermath of this fateful decision: the custody battle over her son, and its associated pressures to conform to a "bourgeois" family model with a same-sex partner. It formed the first book in a trilogy. Her 2020 novel ''Love Me Tender'' was adapted by filmmaker Anna Cazenave Cambet into the 2025 film '' Love Me Tender''.

Books

* ''Un peu là, beaucoup ailleurs'', Monaco-Paris, France, Le Rocher, 2004, ,

Prix Contrepoint The prix Contrepoint is a French literary award established in 1971 by a group of young French novelists and journalists. Each year a French-speaking novelist is selected. According to Bertrand Labes,. this prize was characterized at its creation ...

, 2005 * ''Manuel pratique de l'idéal. Abécédaire de survie'', Monaco-Paris, France, Le Rocher, 2007, * ''Play Boy'', Paris, Éditions Stock, 2018, ** Translated into English by Holly James as ''Playboy'', 2024, * ''Love me tender'', Paris, Éditions Flammarion, 2020, ** Translated into English by Holly James, 2023, * ''Nom'', Paris, Éditions Flammarion, 2022, * ''Offenses'', Paris, Éditions Flammarion, 2023,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Debré, Constance Living people 1972 births 21st-century French novelists French lesbian writers 21st-century French women lawyers 21st-century French lawyers Lycée Henri-IV alumni Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni ESSEC Business School alumni 21st-century French LGBTQ people French LGBTQ novelists