Adeline Dieudonné, born in 1982 in Brussels, where she still lives today with her two daughters, is an actress by profession. After several award-winning short stories and a successful one-woman play, 'Real Life' has taken the hearts of French-speaking readers by storm: The grandiose novel debut was on the French bestseller list for months, won 14 (!) literary prizes, and is translated into 20 languages.