Leïla Slimani

Leïla Slimani is a French writer and journalist of Moroccan ancestry. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.Slimani was born in Rabat, Morocco and studied later political science and media studies in Paris. After that she temporarily considered a career as an actress and began to work as a journalist for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2014 she published her first novel Dans le jardin de l’ogre, which two years later was followed by the psychological thriller Chanson douce. The latter quickly turned into a bestseller with over 450,000 copies printed within a year even before the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Adèle

Adèle

Leïla Slimani

In the Country of Others

In the Country of Others

Leïla Slimani

The Perfect Nanny

The Perfect Nanny

Leïla Slimani

Lullaby

Lullaby

Leïla Slimani

Chanson douce

Chanson douce

Leïla Slimani

Солодка пісня

Солодка пісня

Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani