Background
Marc Levy was born in France on October 16th, 1961.
Marc Levy was born in France on October 16th, 1961.
Marc studied management and computer programming at Paris-Dauphine University.
In 1983, Marc Levy with two his friends founded their first company importing computer peripherals 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 with a young architect, they founded an interior design and construction company to create headquarters for large corporations.The company soon became one of the leading office architecture firms in France.
As the company flourished he began writing a novel, not for publication, but for his son, Louis, who at the time was nine.His sister Lorraine, who works in the film industry, persuaded him to send the manuscript to Robert Laffont.who immediately decided to publish "If Only it Were True". In 1999, after selling the film rights to Steven Spielberg for Dreamworks, he left his architectural firm to dedicate himself to writing.
In 2001, he published his second book, "Où es-tu? "(Will You Be There ), followed by "Sept jours pour une éternité"(Seven Days for an Eternity) in 2003, "La prochaine fois" (In Another Life) in 2004 and "Vous revoir" (Finding You) in 2005. The year 2005 also saw the release of "Just Like Heaven", the adaptation by Dreamworks of "Et si c'était vrai", starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo." Où es-tu?" has been adapted in a mini series for television, and his novel "Mes Amis mes Amours" (London, Mon Amour) was adapted into a feature film, released in France on 2 July 2008;
"Children of Freedom" was published in France in 2007, "All those things we never said" in 2008.
"The First Day", his ninth novel, was published in France on 25 June 2009. "The First Night", the sequel to "The First Day", on 2 December 2009. "The Shadow Thief" was published in France on June 17, 2010.
His most recent novel, "The Strange Journey of Mr Daldry" was published in France on April 21, 2011.
The combined worldwide sales of his ten novels, translated in 42 languages, have achieved the 23 million copy mark. Marc Levy is the most-read French author in the world.
"If Only It Were True", 2000
"Finding You", 2001
"Seven Days for an Eternity", 2003
"In Another Life", 2004
"If Only It Were True 2", 2005
"London Mon Amour", 2006
"Children of Freedom", 2007
"All Those Things We Never Said", 2008.
"The First Day", 2009
"The First Night", 2009
"The Shadow Thief", 2010
"The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry", 2011
"Replay", 2012
"Stronger than Fear", 2013
"Another Idea of Happiness", 2014
"She & Him", 2015
Levy was first married at the age of 26 and had a son, Louis for whom his first novel was written. His first marriage ended in divorce soon after the implosion of his tech startup. He has since remarried to Pauline Lévêque, a journalist for French magazine Paris Match. They have a son named Georges.