{{Short description|French novelist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} thumb|right|240px|Guillaume Musso (2014) thumb|right|240px|Guillaume Musso in Venice '''Guillaume Musso''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡijom myso}}; born 6 June 1974) is a French novelist. He is one of the most popular contemporary French authors.<ref>{{cite web |title="Brooklyn Girl" surfaces in Iranian bookstores |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458444/Brooklyn-Girl-surfaces-in-Iranian-bookstores |website=Tehran Times |access-date=24 May 2021 |date=22 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |author1=Anne Fulda |title=Guillaume Musso, le mesuré de la démesure |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/guillaume-musso-le-mesure-de-la-demesure-20210205 |website=Le Figaro |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=fr |date=5 February 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Musso was born in 1974 in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), France.<ref>[http://www.vsd.fr/contenu-editorial/en-coulisses/cv-de-starts/1315-guillaumemusso VSD]{{dead link|date=April 2011}}</ref> After finishing high school, he left for the United States at the age of 19. He spent several months in New York City,<ref>[http://www.guillaumemusso.com/-Biographie Official biography]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> living with other young foreigners and earning money by selling ice-cream. Then he came back to France, earned a degree in economics, and taught in high schools. His first published novel, ''Skidamarink'', a thriller that opens with the theft of the ''Mona Lisa'' from the Musée du Louvre, was published in 2001.
After a car accident he became interested in near-death experiences and imagined a story about a man who returns to life after touching death.<ref>Paris-Match, n°2990, 7 September 2006</ref> This became the novel ''Afterwards...'' published in 2004 by XO Editions, which sold more than 1 million copies in France and has been translated into 23 languages. ''Afterwards'', the film directed by Gilles Bourdos starring John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly, was released in France in January 2009 and then internationally.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940580/ IMDB]</ref>
Musso wrote ''A mix up in Heaven'' in 2005, ''Will you be there'' in 2006, ''Lost and Found'' in 2007, ''One Day, Perhaps'' in 2008, ''Where Would I Be Without You?'' in 2009,''Girl on Paper'' in 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafilledepapier.com/ |title=Girl on Paper, the website |publisher=Lafilledepapier.com |accessdate=24 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210091624/http://www.lafilledepapier.com/ |archive-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Call from an Angel'' in 2011. In 2009, Musso was the #2 bestselling author in France, and according to a 2011 Edistat study he holds third place on the list of authors who have sold the most books in France since 2008, just after Stephenie Meyer and before Harlan Coben. Some 11 million copies of his novels have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into 46 languages.
==Novels==
*''Skidamarink'', Éditions Anne Carrière, 2001 and Calmann-Lévy, 2020 *''Afterwards...'' (original title: ''Et après'') XO Editions, 2004 *''A Mix-Up in Heaven'' (original title: ''Sauve-moi'') XO Editions, 2005 *''Will You Be There?'' (original title: ''Seras-tu là?'') XO Editions, 2006 *''Lost and Found'' (original title: ''Parce que je t'aime'') XO Editions, 2007 *''One Day, Perhaps'' (original title: ''Je reviens te chercher'') XO Editions, 2008 *''Where Would I Be Without You?'' (original title: ''Que serais-je sans toi ?'') XO Editions, 2009 *''Girl on Paper'' (original title: ''La Fille de papier'') XO Editions, 2010 *''Call from an Angel'' (original title: ''L'Appel de l'ange'') XO Editions, 2011 *''Seven years later'' (original title: ''7 ans après'') XO Editions, 2013 *''Tomorrow'' (original title: ''Demain'') XO Editions, 2013 *''Central Park'' XO Editions, 2014<ref>{{cite book |title=Central Park |url=https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/guillaume-musso/central-park/9780316590945/ |website=Hachette Book Group |access-date=24 March 2021 |date=7 July 2020|isbn=9780316590945 |last1=Musso |first1=Guillaume |publisher=Little, Brown }}</ref> *''This very instant'' (original title: ''L'instant présent'') XO Edition, 2015 *''Brooklyn Girl'' (original title: ''La Fille de Brooklyn'') XO Edition, 2016 *''Un appartement à Paris'', XO Edition, 2017 *''La Jeune Fille et la Nuit'', Calmann-Levy, 2018 (English title: ''The Reunion'') *''La vie secrète des écrivains'', Calmann-Lévy, 2019 *''La vie est un roman'', Calmann-Lévy, 2020<ref name=":0" /> *''L'Inconnue de la Seine'', Calmann-Lévy, 2021 *''Angélique'', Calmann-Lévy, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angélique (Grand format - Broché 2022), de Guillaume Musso {{!}} Guillaume Musso |url=https://www.guillaumemusso.com/livre/angelique-9782702183687/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.guillaumemusso.com |language=fr}}</ref> *''Quelqu'un d'autre'', Calmann-Lévy, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quelqu'un d'autre - Nouveau roman 2024 (Grand format - Broché 2024), de Guillaume Musso {{!}} Guillaume Musso |url=https://www.guillaumemusso.com/livre/quelquun-dautre-nouveau-roman-2024-9782702183694/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.guillaumemusso.com |language=fr}}</ref> *''Le Crime du paradis'', Calmann-Lévy, 2026
==Awards== * {{flagu|Italy}}, Award for the love novel ''Scrivere per Amore'', Verone, 2005<ref>{{cite web |author=Francesco Pisanu |url=http://www.julietclub.com/it/premio.asp |title=Premio Scrivere per Amore |publisher=Julietclub.com |accessdate=24 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713124950/http://www.julietclub.com/it/premio.asp |archivedate=13 July 2011 }}</ref> * {{flagu|France}}, Best adaptable novel for the cinema ''Prix du meilleur roman adaptable au cinéma'', 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18362477.html |title=Best adaptable novel award |publisher=Allocine.fr |date= 29 March 2004|accessdate=24 April 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links== {{commons}} * [http://www.guillaumemusso.com/en/ Personal Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090523111812/http://www.vsd.fr/contenu-editorial/en-coulisses/cv-de-stars/1315-guillaume-musso Biography of Guillaume Musso on the Website VDS.fr] (French language)
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