Agnès Desarthe
Agnès Desarthe ( Naouri; born 3 May 1966) is a French novelist, children's writer and translator. Biography. Desarthe was born 3 May 1966 in Paris. She is the daughter of the pediatrician and writer Aldo Naouri. She is married to filmmaker , son of actor . They have four children. Her brother is the opera singer Laurent Naouri. She studied English literature. She started her career as a translator. In 1992, she published her first novel. She became a prolific writer of children's books. In 1996 she was awarded the Prix du Livre Inter for her second novel "Un  secret sans importance". Her most successful novel, "Chez Moi" (), has been translated into over 15 languages. One of her more recent novels, "Dans la nuit brune", received the Prix Renaudot des lycéens in 2010. Her novels are published in France by Éditions de l'Olivier and in the UK by Portobello Books.