Françoise Bourdin (; 1952 – 25 December 2022) was a French novelist.

Biography

Françoise Bourdin was born in Paris, France. Her father

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and her mother

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were both professional opera singers. As a child she was interested in writing. She had already obtained her

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license when she was 18, before she lost her first love in a racing accident a year later. She started her novel, ''Les soleils mouillés'', when she was 20. Bourdin cut back on her writing as she had children. She returned to writing when she was 40 with ''Les sirènes de Saint-Malo''. Bourdin sold some 40 books in the last 25 years for a total of eight million sales. In 2011, she was in the 11th place on the French best-seller list. Bourdin died on 25 December 2022, at the age of 70.Françoise Bourdin, romancière à succès, est morte

Works

* ''Les Soleils mouillés'', éd. Julliard, 1972 * ''De vagues herbes jaunes'', 1973 * ''Sang et Or'', 1991 * ''Mano à Mano'', éd. Denoël, 1991 ; éd. Belfond, 2009 * ''Les Vendanges de juillet'', éd. Belfond, 1994, 520 pages * ''Juillet en hiver'', 1995 * ''Terre Indigo ''. éd TF1 1996 * ''La Camarguaise'', 1997 * ''Comme un frère'', 1997 * ''Nom de jeune fille'', 1999 * ''Les Vendanges de juillet'', 1999 * ''L'Homme de leur vie'', éd. Belfond, 2000 ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''Le Secret de Clara'', éd. Belfond, 2000 ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''L'Héritage de Clara'', éd. Belfond, 2001 * ''L'Héritier des Beaulieu'', éd. Belfond, 2003, 320 pages. * ''Les Sirènes de Saint-Malo'', éd. Belfond, 2006, 333 pages * ''Les Bois de Battandière'', éd. Belfond, 2007, 312 pages * ''Une nouvelle vie'', éd. Belfond, 2008, 348 pages * ''La Maison des Aravis'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''Un été de canicule'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''Les Années passion : Le roman d'une femme libre'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''Un mariage d'amour'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2004 * ''Choix d'une femme libre'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2005 * ''Rendez-vous à Kerloc'h'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2006 * ''Objet de toutes les convoitises'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2006 * ''Une passion fauve'', éd. Belfond ; Pocket, 2007 * ''Bérill ou la passion en héritage'', éd. Belfond ; Pocket, 2007 * ''L'Inconnue de Peyrolles'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2008 * ''Un cadeau inespéré'', éd. Belfond ; éd. Pocket, 2008 * ''Une nouvelle vie'', éd. Belfond, 2008 * ''Dans le silence de l'aube'', éd. Belfond, 2008 * ''Sans regrets'', éd. Belfond, 2009, * ''Un soupçon d'interdit'' éd. France Loisirs, (Réf : 412544), 2009 * ''D'espoir et de promesse'', éd. Belfond, 2010, * ''Les Landes en héritage'', tome 1 : ''Des grondements de l'océan'', éd. Belfond, 2011, * ''Le Testament d'Ariane'', éd. Belfond, 2011 * ''Dans les pas d'Ariane '' éd. Belfond, 2011 * ''Serment d'automne'', éd. Belfond, 2012, * ''BM Blues'', éd. Belfond, 2012, 105 pages * ''D'eau et de feu'', éd. Belfond, 2013 * ''Galop d’essai'', éd. Belfond, 2014, * ''La promesse de l'océan'', éd. Belfond, 2014, * ''Un nouveau départ pour changer de vie'', éditions Omnibus, 2014,

References

1952 births 2022 deaths Novelists from Paris 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers French women novelists 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists {{France-novelist-20thC-stub