Katherine Pancol
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Katherine Pancol (born 1949) is a Moroccan-born French novelist.
[edit] Biography
She moved to France at the age of five. She studied literature and initially became a French and Latin teacher and then a journalist first for Paris-Match and later for Cosmopolitan.
The first book Pancol published, in 1979, was Moi d'abord. It was to be a success. She then moved to New-York and wrote a second novel, La Barbare, in 1981, and a third, Scarlett, si possible and a fourth, Les hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues.
She had two children, a boy and a girl.
She has continued to be a journalist and interviewer of persons such as Ronald Reagan, Jacques Chirac, Meryl Streep and Louise Brooks.
[edit] Recent works
Her most recent book Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles tells a story of relationships between the members of a family. It's a heavy book but very easy to read. The reader feels attached to the characters because they resemble people we know around us. There is a story within the story because one of the characters, a "specialist of the 12th century", writes a novel, and the characters of her novel are inspired by the people who surround her. The female characters are very stong, the male characters are weak and children are portrayed realistically.