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Mélissa Da Costa, born 7 August 1990, is a French romance author of best seller books.
Early life
[edit]Mélissa Da Costa grew up in the countryside of Ain, near Mâcon, Burgundy.[1] [2] Her father works in construction and her mother a nursery assistant.[1] She also has two sisters, Jeanne, a midwife and Clara, a care worker in a retirement home.[3]
She began writing at 7 years old, starting with poems, nursery rhymes and then novels.[4] But she didn't believe she could become a writer, and so chose to pursue a degree in economics.[1]
From 2008 until 2011, she studied economics and management at the IAE Lyon School of Management. Then she was a PR manager in the energy and climate deparment of a town hall in Isère. [4] [5]
She also trained in aromatherapy, naturopathy, and sophrology. [5]
Career
[edit]After having written four novels, Da Costa decided to self-publish two on Amazon which were unsuccessful.[5]
Then, in 2018, she put one of her books on the digital self-publishing platform monbestseller.com, where she was picked up and published by a small publishing house, Carnets nord. Renamed Tout le bleu du ciel (All the Blue of the Sky) , the novel which the story of a young man with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and his travels with a stranger. This garnered a lot of success in paperback. [2][6]
In May 2020, capable of supporting herself, she quit her job as PR manager in a town hall.[1]
After her first success followed other books published by Albin Michel : Les Lendemains (2020), Je revenais des autres (2021), Les Douleurs fantômes (2022), La doublure (2022) et Les femmes du bout du monde (2023).[7] In 2023, she also La faiseuse d'étoiles, of which the proceeds went to Unicef. [8]
Critiques and recognition
[edit]Her novels are considered best-sellers: since 2021, they have featured in the top 10 most sold books in France. [7] [9]In January 2023, Mélissa Da Costa appeared in the list published by French newspaper Le Figaro of the 10 authors with the most book sales in 2022. She achieved third place, behind Guillaume Musso and Joël Dicker with 844,547 books sold in 2022. [10]
Although described a a feel good author, Mélissa Da Costa disputes this description. [9]
Private life
[edit]Da Costa is married to a computer graphics designer and is mother to a child born in 2020 named Martin. [1] [11]She lives in the Paris region, bordering the forest in the Chevreuse valley.[2][11]
Literary works
[edit]- Tout le bleu du ciel Carnet Nord, 2019republication, le livre de poche
- Les lendemains, Albin Michel, 2020republication, le livre de poche, 2021
- je revenais des autres, Ablin Michel, 2021republication, le livre de poche, 2023
- la doublure, Albin Michel, 2022republication, le livre de poche, 2023
- Les femmes du bout du monde, Albin Michel, 2023La Faiseuse d'étoiles, le livre de poche, 2023
- Demain le mauve, Charleston Edition, 2022 p.224
published in the anthology 'Le bruit des secrets'
Awards
[edit]Alain-Fournier Prize 2020 for Tout le bleu du ciel The Cezam Prix Litteraire 2020 for Tout le bleu du ciel
Readers paperback prize for Tout le bleu du ciel [5]
Babelio prize in the French literature category 2022 for Les douleurs fantômes[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Mélissa Da Costa : «Devenir écrivain, j'y avais renoncé»". parismatch.com (in French). 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ a b c BERNO, Anaïs (2022-07-17). "PORTRAIT. Mélissa Da Costa, romancière au succès foudroyant". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ à 11h15, Par Véronique Pierron Le 3 mars 2023 (2023-03-03). "Mélissa Da Costa, la femme la plus lue de France : itinéraire d'une discrète". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Mélissa Da Costa, l'inconnue la plus lue de France". lejdd.fr (in French). 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ a b c d "Le goût des autres, avec Mélissa Da Costa | RCF". www.rcf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Le goût des autres, avec Mélissa Da Costa | RCF". www.rcf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ a b "Mélissa Da Costa, de l'anonymat aux best-sellers: "Ça s'est emballé très vite"". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Mélissa Da Costa : « Je n'aime pas ce qui est trop policé » - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ a b "Mélissa Da Costa, le succès d'une auteure discrète". Le Figaro (in French). 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Les dix auteurs francophones qui ont vendu le plus de romans en 2022". Le Figaro (in French). 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ a b Média, Prisma. "Mélissa Da Costa - La biographie de Mélissa Da Costa avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Prix : Babelio - Littérature Française. Prix littéraires sur Babelio". www.babelio.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-06.