Ten years after having written it, Carole and Antoine Fruchard decided to publish their novel on a self-publishing platform.
They took it well: among the thousands of readers who devoured their book, is Clément Giraudet, husband of American actress Robin Wright.
She wants to make a series of it.
The story is not trivial.
Passionate about reading, Carole and Antoine Fruchard have fun writing a suspenseful story.
The two teenagers, who are brother and sister, lay it down on the paper and leave it in a drawer.
Ten years later, in 2017, these two Nantes residents decided to put an end to the novel and publish it on a self-publishing platform.
The Red Carnets are
an immediate success, 15,000 readers seize them.
Among them, there is Clément Giraudet, businessman and husband of American actress Robin Wright.
"Reality exceeds fiction"
Antoine Fruchard hardly dared to believe it.
“I called my sister immediately to tell her that the
House of Cards
and
Forrest Gump
actress
loved the story and wanted to make it into a series. We were stunned, in disbelief and at the same time extremely excited. visualized our book as a film or a season. But here, it's a little reality that goes beyond fiction. We say to ourselves that we have succeeded in writing a book, in self-publishing and we will do everything to ensure that this project can move forward ", he tells the microphone of Europe 1.
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With such potential, the classical publishing world has scrambled to publish it.
It was ultimately Harpercollins who landed the contract for this first novel and published it in mid-January.
Two more should follow, since the two authors imagine a trilogy.