Marc Levy

Fiction
Country : France
Editor:
Published Date : 14/02/2013

A dangerous secret ; Two unforgettable characters ; A page-turner, inspired by a true story.

High in the French Alps, amidst the wreckage of a plane trapped for years under ice, Suzie Baker recovers a document that she hopes will clear her family name. Decades earlier, her grandmother had been suspected of high treason and had disappeared in the wake of the accusations

But Suzie's discovery catches the attention of the highest echelons of the American national intelligence agencies... She soon realizes that there are many powerful, vested interests who want to keep the truth buried at all costs.

When the New York Times journalist Andrew Stilman meets Suzie, he is immediately won over by her wicked charm and sheer spunk. Unwittingly he finds himself lured into her investigation. By the time he realizes how dangerous it is, it's too late for him to turn back.

From the underground tunnels of New York City to the North Pole's barren icescapes, Andrew and Suzie are on the run... As they try to outmanoeuvre their enemies, they risk their lives to expose one of the best kept secrets of our time.

Author's biography - Marc LEVY


Marc Levy was born in France on October 16th, 1961. When he turned eighteen, he joined the Red Cross, where he spent the next six years. In parallel, he studied management and computer programming at Paris-Dauphine University. In 1983, he created a computer graphics company based in France and the United States.

Six years later, he lost majority control of the group and resigned. Starting again from scratch, he returned to Paris and co-founded an interior design and planning company with two friends; the company soon became one of the leading office architecture firms in France.

At thirty-seven, Marc Levy wrote a story for the man that his son would grow up to be. In early 1999, his sister, a screenwriter (now a film director), encouraged him to send the manuscript 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, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a #1 box office hit in America in 2005.

After If Only It Were True, Marc Levy began writing full-time. All of his novels have hit the top of the best-seller list in France. They are also very successful internationally and are consistently on the bestseller list in several countries including Germany, China, Italy, Russia, and Spain.

If Only It Were True, 2000 (adapted for film in 2005)

Finding You, 2001 (adapted for television in 2007)

Seven Days for an Eternity, 2003

In Another Life, 2004

If Only It Were True 2, 2005

London Mon Amour, 2006 (adapted to film in 2008)

Children of Freedom, 2007

All Those Things We Never Said, 2008.

The First Day, 2009

The First Night, 2009 (the sequel to The First Day)

The Shadow Thief, 2010

The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry, 2011

Replay, 2012

Stronger than fear, 2013 

Another Idea of Happiness, 2014

Elle & Lui, 2015

Hope, 2016

The Last of the Stanfields, 2017

Une Fille Comme Elle, 2018

 

His latest novel, Ghost in Love, will be published in France on May 14, 2019.

 

The combined sales of Marc Levy's seventeen novels, translated into 49 languages, have surpassed the 40 million copy mark worldwide. Marc Levy is the most read French author in the world. (Source for all rankings and figures: Ipsos/Livres Hebdo/Le Figaro)

Marc Levy has also written short stories and directed a short film for Amnesty International, Nabila's Letter, screened in March 2004. In addition, he has written song lyrics for various artists including Johnny Hallyday.

 

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China (Simplified) : China South Booky
Germany : Blanvalet
Italy : Rizzoli
Korea : Bookhouse
Latvia : Kontinent
Poland : Albatros Albatros Kazury 2/1202-795 Warsaw, Poland
Romania : Editura Trei
Russia : Atticus
Turkey : Can Yayinlari
Vietnam : Nha Nam

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