Bonjour and welcome!
I’m a novelist, nonfiction author, and freelance writer.
I also write TV pilots, essays, Instagram captions, satire pieces, and grocery lists. I even wrote the words you’re reading right now. And the ones after. I’m unstoppable.
I do all of this in English and in French, mostly because I can, but also because "impossible" is the same word in both languages. J’écris en français et en anglais parce que je peux le faire, mais aussi parce que “impossible” se dit pareil dans les deux langues. See, I just did it.
Born and raised in France, I’ve spent the last 16 years living around the world, first in Amsterdam, then in Melbourne, and I’ve now been in New York City since 2011 where I live with my Australian husband and our American cat. I have permanent work permits on three continents (including a green card), which will come really handy the day I learn teleportation (it could happen, you don’t know).
The Highlights
Kisses and Croissants will be published by Delacorte/Penguin Random House on April, 6th 2021. It’s a Young Adult novel about love, Paris, ballet, Degas, and, wait, I’m forgetting something... Ah yes, croissants.
I’ve published 17 books with Fleurus Éditions, a large publisher in France. My YA novel series, Journal de Los Angeles, has sold tens of thousands of copies and was released in paperback in 2018. My nonfiction books about fashion, beauty, and general wellness for teen girls have been translated into Russian, Czech, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Spanish, and a few other languages I forgot.
My one-hour TV pilot Fashion High was a semifinalist in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition (top 1%).
I spent most of my adult life teaching myself how to write in English, so now I have lots of free time to answer daily questions about whether I really do write in English and is my English good enough, and no seriously, how can someone like me write in English? The answer is yes, yes, and you’re annoying me now.
My first writing job was as a freelance journalist covering cultural events for a local newspaper while I was in college in France (or university, as my people call it).
My writing has appeared in Womens Health Mag, Refinery 29, Yahoo Style, Yahoo Travel, and several other print and digital publications in both French and English.
I work as a copywriter and content creator for clients in the lifestyle, beauty, fashion, and travel industries, including WeWork, Ode à la Rose, Atelier Doré, HerRoom, Bastide, and more. I can come up with 27 captions about bikinis on command. More if I can get a discount on said bikinis.
My first career was in advertising in Amsterdam and Melbourne. I managed accounts in consumer electronics, fashion and FMCG and worked for Strawberry Frog, Badjar Ogilvy, and other well-known international ad agencies. For more on the advertising industry, I recommend watching a documentary called Mad Men.