Marc Levy

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Marc Levy (born October 16, 1961 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French Jewish novelist. He studied at the prestigious Paris-Dauphine University and lived in the United States from 1984 to 1991. There, he founded two companies - one based in California and the other one in Colorado - specializing in computer graphics. In 1991, he co-founded an interior design and construction company which later became one of the leading architectural firms in France.
Marc Levy wrote his first novel, Et si c'était vrai... (If It Were True), in 1998. In 1999, after selling the film rights of Et si c'était vrai... to Dreamworks, he left his architectural firm to dedicate himself to writing. In 2001, he published his second book, Où es-tu? (Where Are You? ), followed by Sept jours pour une éternité... (Seven Days for an Eternity) in 2003, La prochaine fois (Next Time) 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.