Tatiana de Rosnay
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
Author of Flowers of Darkness
“This book is a journey into a fragile woman’s paranoia. Clarissa has just discovered her husband is being unfaithful and decides to leave him . She moves into a highly sophisticated artistic residence, hoping to find a new start here. But little by little, her past and her traumas come back to haunt her.  She is a writer obsessed with places and the memories that are linked to homes and the past. She is convinced that the new “smart home” she now lives in is trying to use her creativity for the purpose of artificial intelligence . Her daughter is worried she might be sinking into a depression, but her teenage granddaughter is convinced that her granny is right... Set in the near future within Paris traumatised by new attacks, this latest novel explores how artificial intelligence and “smart homes” can wreak havoc with our intimacy.”
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
Author I draw inspiration from: Daphne du Maurier
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
Favorite place to read a book: under my linden tree
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Gatsby (The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald )
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I was 11 years old and had just read Anne Frank's diary
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of them
The last book I read: The Dream by Emile Zola
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
Pen & paper or computer: all of them
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Dona St Columb (Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier)
Author Interview - Tatiana de Rosnay
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: opera singer or rock star
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1860
Place I’d most like to travel: Mauritius and Venice
My signature drink: pink champagne on ice
Favorite artist: Tamara de Lempicka
Number one on my bucket list: meet Queen Elizabeth
Anything else you'd like to add: thanks for your fun questions !
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Author Bio: Tatiana de Rosnay is the author of the wildly popular novel Sarah’s Key, the story of a Jewish girl born in Paris who endures the trials of the Holocaust, and a present-day journalist investigating the events. The novel was a massive New York Times bestseller, and has been published in 22 countries around the world. A film adaptation of the book was released in 2010. Tatiana’s latest novel The Rain Watcher was released in October 2018.
Tatiana was born on September 28th, 1961 in the suburbs of Paris. She is of English, French and Russian descent. She was raised in Paris and then in Boston, when her father taught at MIT in the 70’s. She moved to England in the early 80’s and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich.Returning to Paris in 1984, Tatiana became press attaché for Christie’s and then Paris Editor for Vanity Fair magazine till 1993. Since 1992, Tatiana has published numerous novels in both French and English.
