Agnès Martin-Lugand

After six years as a clinical psychologist, Agnes Martin-Lugand now devotes herself to literature full-time. She is also the author of Happiness Slips Through My Fingers (Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile) and the sequel to Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, Don't Worry, Life Is Easy (Le vie est facile, ne t'inquiète pas). Happy People Read and Drink Coffee has sold more than 300,000 copies in France and has been sold in more than 20 territories.Sandra Smith is a critically acclaimed translator of French literature. She has previously worked on Suite française and subsequent novels by Irène Némirovsky, as well as a new translation of The Outsider by Albert Camus. She is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, where she continues to teach French Literature, Translation and Language.