Angela Behelle | |
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| Born | Angela Behelle 5 October 1971 Auchel, France |
| Pen name | Sylvie Barret |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | French |
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Angela Behelle (born October 5, 1971 in Auchel) is a French romance novel writer.
Angela Behelle was born on October 5, 1971, in Auchel. [1] She spent part of her childhood in Pas-de-Calais and studied law at the University of Lille. After her studies, she moved to Burgundy in the department of Yonne. [1] [2]
She is the author of erotic and romance novels published by various imprints of Groupe Flammarion, including J'ai Lu [3] and Pygmalion, as well as by Éditions Leduc, France Loisirs, and Éditions Blanche [ fr ]. [4] [5]
In June 2012, she published an erotic saga, La Société, about the life of a secret society in the service of influential men. The story led to controversy on French social networks. [6] In 2013, La Société was published as a paperback edition by Éditions J'ai lu. [7] The same year, rumours about a film adaptation reached enthusiastic fans of the series, when Eric Porcher from Kap films and Arnaud Kerneguez from Kanibal searched for an erotic novel to adapt for the screen. [8] [9] [10]
In 2017, a spin-off of the series was published. [11]
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