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Leila Slimani is the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018, for which she became the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt. Slimani is French president Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture, and is the chair of the jury for the 2023 International Booker Prize. She was ranked #2 on Vanity Fair France’s annual list of the Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she divides her time between France and Portugal.

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Series

In the Country of Others


A Historical Fiction series (2021 - 2023)

Standalone Fiction

The Perfect Nanny

Adèle

Adèle


I'll Take the Fire

Standalone Non-fiction

Sex and Lies

The Scent of Flowers at Night

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