Billie
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Praise for Billie
"Billie is a revelation! It's Gavalda's finest noel yet."
—France 2
“The work is a testament to Gavalda’s fine storytelling skills, which remain true even in the books’ translation into English.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Gavalda's sparkling impertinence and her childlike joie de vie are irresistible."
—Marie Claire (France)
"A sensitive, delicate, funny, immensley readable story."
—Olivia de Lamberterie, France 2
"Gavalda's books have both wit and a whimsical charm."
—The Sunday Telegraph
"Gavalda has tapped into a mood that many people share."
—The Independent
"Anna Gavalda's novels make her a distant cousin of Dorothy Parker."
—Vioci
"Precision, tenderness for her characters, a sense of detail, and an intoxicating mix of nostalgia and pure joy make Anna Gavalda a unique author."
—Le Figaro
Born in Paris in 1970, Anna Gavalda’s first published work was the critically acclaimed collection of short stories I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, which sold over half a million copies in her native France and was published in the US by Riverhead in 2003. She is also the author of Someone I Loved and the international bestseller Hunting and Gathering (Riverhead, 2007), which was made into a film starring Audrey Tautou and Daniel Auteuil. Gavalda lives in Paris.
Jennifer Rappaport received a BA in English and French from Vassar College and an MA in comparative literature from New York University, where she was awarded a Chateaubriand Fellowship from the French government. A former editor at Oxford University Press and the New Press, she is currently a freelance editor and translator in New York.
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