Agnès Martin-Lugand. a psychologist whose book surpassed even the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" (video)
Hospital psychologist Agnès Martin-Lugand found success on December 27, 2012, when she uploaded her novel "Happy People Read and Drink Coffee", which was rejected by 4 publishers, to the Kindle Amazon free platform. Within 10 years after the book was publ
Psychologist Agnès Martin-Lugand became known to the literary world in 2012 while on maternity leave. In the evening, sitting in the living room with motherly tenderness, watching her first child Simon play and her husband, she thinks about what would happen to her if she lost them... This thought prompted her to write "Happy People Read and Drink Coffee", which three weeks after it was posted on Amazon, was on the list of the most-read books. surpassed even the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey". "After my success, I decided to leave my job as a hospital psychologist and pick up a pen".
The French psychologist is the author of ten novels. With delicate and sensitive plots and dialogues written by a psychologist, the characters of Lugand immediately become familiar to the reader. One of the reasons is that the 44-year-old writer considers love to be her life credo. She met her husband, Guillaume, at the age of 19, until now they are inseparable and live together in Rouen, her husband's birthplace. "I write love stories with a happy ending, but I believe that the couple and, in general, the family are happy when they take care of each other every day and also try to preserve their love. Like oxygen, it is necessary to leave interpersonal space so that you don't lose your interest".
In 2015, Hollywood producers have already bought the screen rights to Lugand's bestseller "Happy People Read and Drink Coffee" to tell the world the story of the French Diana returning to life in Ireland in the film language. The creative crew has been confirmed, although the shooting of the film was interrupted due to Covid. However, Agnès is hopeful that her first novel will one day be seen on the big screen.