Agnès Martin-Lugand

Born in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine in 1979, Martin-Lugand studied psychology and spent six years working on child protection in hospitals. She then took up writing, completing Les gens heureux lisent et boivent du café. After it had been turned down by several publishers, she decided to publish a digital version herself. It became an immediate success on Amazon's Kindle. Noticing its popularity, the publisher Michel Lafon bought the rights and published a print edition in 2013 which sold 300,000 copies. Lafon has continued the novel's success by having it translated into 14 languages,{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/914195530|title=Showing all editions for 'Happy people read & drink coffee = (Les gens heureux lisent et boivent du café)'|publisher=OCLC WorldCat| oclc=914195530 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=}} including Portuguese, Lithuanian, Turkish and Chinese.{{cite web|url=https://www.lepetitlitteraire.fr/auteurs/agnes-martin-lugand|title=Agnès Martin-Lugand|publisher=lePetitLittéraire.fr|accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=French}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/agnes-martin-lugand-decidement-tres-attendue-25-06-2016-5911605.php|title=Édition : Agnès Martin-Lugand, décidément très attendue|author=Vavasseur, Pierre|date=25 June 2016|publisher=Le Parisien|accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=French}} There are now plans for the work to be filmed in Hollywood.

Martin-Lugand has continued to write, publishing Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile (2014), La vie est facile, ne t'inquiète pas (2015), Désolée, je suis attendue (2016) and J'ai toujours cette musique dans la tête (2017).{{cite web|url=https://www.fnac.com/Agnes-Martin-Lugand/ia2158965/bio|title=Agnès Martin-Lugand|publisher=fnac|accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=French}} Her most recent work, A la lumière du petit matin was published in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/livres/2350407-20181008-prix-etoiles-agnes-martin-lugand-pleure-ris-ecrivant|title=Prix des étoiles. Agnès Martin-Lugand : " Je pleure, je ris en écrivant "|publisher=20 minutes|author=Cochaud-Kaminski, Emilie|date=8 October 2018|accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=French}}

Two of Martin-Lugand's works have been published in English:

• 2016: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee{{cite book|last=Martin-Lugand|first=Agnès|title=Happy People Read and Drink Coffee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE_CDQAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=Atlantic Books|isbn=978-1-925575-48-4}}
• 2017: Don't Worry, Life Is Easy{{cite book|last=Martin-Lugand|first=Agnès|title=Don't Worry, Life Is Easy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5048DQAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-1-60286-305-7}}

Martin-Lugand lives in Rouen with her husband and their two boys.{{cite web|url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/agnes_martin-lugand_j_aime_liberer_l_emotion_de_mes_personnages_._363288|title=Agnès Martin-Lugand : " J'aime libérer l'émotion de mes personnages "|publisher=Gala|date=15 April 2016|author=Nedelec, Candice|accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=French}}

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• [http://www.agnesmartinlugand.fr/en/ Agnès Martin-Lugand's website]

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Category:1979 births

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