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Nelly Alard

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Fiction, History, Biography

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Before becoming a writer, Nelly Alard was trained as an actress. She has acted in France in numerous plays and TV movies, and in two American films by Henry Jaglom, Eating and Venice/Venice.

Her first novel, Le crieur de nuit, published in 2010 by Gallimard, was awarded the Roger Nimier Prize and the Lions National Prize of Literature. It was followed in 2013 by Moment d’un Couple, which won the prestigious Interallié Prize and became a bestseller, translated into several languages.

Alard, who lives in Paris and is the mother of three, is also a screenwriter and works regularly for French television.

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	Couple Mechanics: A Novel by Nelly Alard (Goodreads Author), Adriana Hunter (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.13 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La manif 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life You Had Imagined: From Imperial Vienna to Hollywood, the Mystery of Empress Elisabeth of Austria's Secret Daughter 3.14 avg rating — 43 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Crieur de nuit 3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MOMENT D'UN COUPLE (PRIX INTERALLIE 2013) by NELLY ALARD 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Extraits gratuits - La rentrée littéraire Gallimard 2013 by Nelly Alard (Goodreads Author), Laura Alcoba, Thomas Clerc 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“They were decoding a new way of life, and everything had to be invented. Juliette”
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