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Marc Levy | |
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Marc Levy at the Salon du Livre 2011 in Geneva | |
Born | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 16 October 1961
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | If Only It Were True, Vous revoir |
Website | |
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Marc Levy (born 16 October 1961) is a French novelist.
Levy was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, and studied management and computers at Paris Dauphine University.
In the late 1990s, Levy wrote a story that his sister, then a screenwriter, encouraged him to send to Editions Robert Laffont, who immediately decided to publish If Only It Were True. Before it was published, Steven Spielberg ( DreamWorks) acquired film rights to the novel. The movie, Just like Heaven, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a #1 box office hit in America in 2005. [1]
After If Only It Were True, Marc Levy began writing full-time.
Levy was first married at the age of 26; he had a son, the inspiration for If Only It Were True. He is married and lives in New York City. [2] [1]
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Marc Levy | |
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Marc Levy at the Salon du Livre 2011 in Geneva | |
Born | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 16 October 1961
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | If Only It Were True, Vous revoir |
Website | |
www |
Marc Levy (born 16 October 1961) is a French novelist.
Levy was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, and studied management and computers at Paris Dauphine University.
In the late 1990s, Levy wrote a story that his sister, then a screenwriter, encouraged him to send to Editions Robert Laffont, who immediately decided to publish If Only It Were True. Before it was published, Steven Spielberg ( DreamWorks) acquired film rights to the novel. The movie, Just like Heaven, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a #1 box office hit in America in 2005. [1]
After If Only It Were True, Marc Levy began writing full-time.
Levy was first married at the age of 26; he had a son, the inspiration for If Only It Were True. He is married and lives in New York City. [2] [1]
Short film