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Anna Gavalda
Anna Gavalda (born 9 December 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French teacher and award-winning novelist.
Referred to by "Voici" magazine as "a distant descendant of Dorothy Parker", Anna Gavalda was born in an upper-class suburb of Paris. She was working as a French teacher in high school when a collection of her short stories was first published in 1999 under the title "Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part" that met with both
translation) and Ole Könnecke (illustration),
- Nominees:
- "Despereaux" (The Tale of Despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo (text) and Timothy Basil Ering (illustration),
- "35 Kilo Hoffnung" (95 pounds of Hope) by Anna Gavalda,
- "Die furchtbar hartnäckigen Gapper von Frip" (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip) by George Saunders (text) and Lane Smith (illustration),
- "Bartimäus: Das Amulett von Samarkand" (The Amulet of