Hélène Grémillon (born 8 February 1977 in

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) is a French novelist.

Biography

Hélène Grémillon studied letters and obtained a master's degree, then turned to history, thus obtaining a

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. Her first novel, ''Le Confident'', published in 2010, quickly became a best seller. Translated into twenty languages, it sold more than 250,000 copies and more than 250,000 copies in pocket edition, and appeared in some twenty countries. ''Le Confident'' is a love story, recounting the life of Camille, who receives a letter from an unknown sender after her mother's death, between the year 1938 and the year 1942. She radically changes scenery in her second novel, ''La Garçonnière'', a suspense novel inspired by a real drama happening in Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1987. She married French singer

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17 December 2012 in the

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Works

*2010: ''Le Confident'', Paris, Éditions Plon, 301 p. . ::- Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres - Prix du Premier Roman 2010 ::- Prix Jeune Talent Littéraire des Clubs de Lecture de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 2011 ::- Prix Emmanuel Roblès - Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Blois 2011 ::- - Coup de Cœur du Jury 2011 ::- Prix Palissy 2011. *2013: ''La Garçonnière'', Paris, Éditions Flammarion, coll. « Littérature française », 356 p. .

References

External links

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