Guillaume Musso is a modern French writer. His books have been translated into more than thirty-six languages, with a combined circulation of many millions.
Biography
In the city of Antibes, located on the Cote d'Azur in the Provence region, on June 6, 1974 Guillaume Musso was born. Three years later, he becomes an older brother. The family celebrates the birth of the second son of Valentin. Mother tries to instill in her sons a love of literature, reading them in the evenings. And already in their teens, they help her in the library: they take books from visitors and put them on shelves. But the real literature is not their concern. Instead of reading, they prefer, every free minute, to devote walks along the picturesque stone streets of the Old Town or to be on the beach. But the fateful moment has arrived. Helping her mother again in the library, Guillaume Musso is interested in the cover of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights book. Out of curiosity, he begins to leaf through the book at first, and then he cannot come off at all until he has read to the end. The difficult relationships of the heroes, love and revenge, the intricacies of fate, and most importantly, the author’s syllable amazed him so much that he had a desire to become a writer.
After graduating from school, Guillaume Musso did not immediately determine in which direction he should move further in life. Parents insist that he graduate in an area where he can earn money. They consider writing to be unprofitable and do not believe that it will carry him seriously. But Guillaume himself prefers literature, however, there are no ideas for writing books. He lacks life experience to build an interesting storyline, to imagine what heroes can be and what can move them. At the age of 19, he makes an important decision for himself to leave for a while in New York. There he gets a job as an ice cream seller, makes new acquaintances, learns a lot of interesting things and falls in love with the city.
He returns to France inspired with many ideas for his novels, but is in no hurry to put them into practice. After learning a lesson from living in New York, he enters the Economics Department of the University of Nice for undergraduate studies. Later, in Montpellier, he graduated from a magistracy with the right to teach economics and sociology in high school. Since 2003, he begins to teach at the International Education Center in Valbonne.
Career
In addition to teaching, Guillaume Musso writes his debut novel. His brother persuades him to send the manuscript to the publishing house. So, in 2001, a book entitled Skidamarink was published, which is very popular in France. Guillaume Musso fans are looking forward to the next book. But the writer himself continues to engage in teaching activities with interest and for writing a book he has very little free time left. Therefore, his next manuscript "After
"he sends to the publishing house only in 2004. The plot is so popular with the publishing house that they decide to release the book in a million copies. Roman Guillaume Musso" After
", published in 2004, and becomes perhaps the most successful French book, having gained immense popularity not only in France but also in many other countries. A film adaptation contract is signed with him and in 2008 a film entitled" The Hostage of Death "is released directed by Gilles Burdo.
After the book "After
“The ranks of the author’s fans are replenished. They are cautious about the writer being able to take a break for several years, but this does not happen. His confidence, which appeared at school that he should write, is returning, and he is more free to write books. Guillaume Musso begins to think over stories and make written sketches of characters for the following stories literally everywhere - in a train, plane, at home, and the novel “Save me” is published in 2005. In his free time from teaching, he continues to write with inspiration in 2006 the next book, “Will you be there?” is coming out. A touching story about love and time travel, about the desire to turn back some moments of life, causes a storm of positive emotions among readers and even critics. And Les Films Christian Fechner acquires the rights to the adaptation of this work Next year, the writer issues an equally powerful work - “Because I Love You”, for the adaptation of which the director Jerome Cornujo is taken. The film was released in 2012 under the name "Intersection".
After praising and recognizing the book "Will You Be There?" Guillaume Musso is finally approved in the literary community, and admirers of his work around the world annually enjoy the release of his new works.
