Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian

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Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian
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Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian at the 30th Paris Book Fair at Porte de Versailles
Born (1961-08-24) August 24, 1961 (age 62)
OccupationWriter
RelativesCecile Rap Veber (CEO SACEM sister) Philippe Audouin (Eurazeo) Francis Veber (Uncle) France Veber (Mother)

Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian (born August 24, 1961 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a French writer and author of young adult fantasy books, including the popular Tara Duncan series. [1] Like in most of the countries which are not kingdom anymore (Armenia became a regency driven by the Ottoman (Turkey) on the 14th century), she carries the courtesy title HRH Princess Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.

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Biography

Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian was born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France and grew up in the Basque Country where she drew the tales and legends that fuel her imagination. [1] She is married with two daughters, Diane and Marine. [1] She holds a M.A. in diplomacy and strategy. She currently divides her time between family and writing. She is a contributor to Children's Health Fund Children's Health Fund, founded by Paul Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener and the Princess SAM Foundation for Armenia. She currently lives in Paris.

Sophie's first writing attempts were sketches of fantasy fiction. She wrote the fantasy novel series Tara Duncan between 1987 and 1990, but only found a publisher in 2003, when magic in books became the trend due to the success of Harry Potter. [1]

Sophie has been honored with the Medal of Legion d'Honneur, and the Medal Of Art et Lettres.

Bibliography

Tara Duncan series

Spinoff Prequel: 450 years ago Beauty's Daughter

The book series has been loosely adapted into a 26-episode animated TV series that is on the Kabillion Cable TV network, produced by Moonscoop, Disney, and M6 and bought by 20 broadcasters. Now the animated series is available on Amazon VOD. Unfortunately it was cancelled before any subsequent seasons could be made to follow the rest of the fourteen books. Very dissatisfied with this Moonscoop studios' mediocre adaptation, Sophie decided to create her own production company "Princess Sam Entertainment Group". PSEG produced a new animated series, through its subsidiary, Princess Sam Pictures, with a film quality, which is very unusual for an animated series, from the volume one of Tara Duncan: The Spellbinders. Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders, the brand new CGI 3D animated series, immediately met with the success the first one didn't have, as every episode has been produced as a small movie. The new series has been bought by: the Walt Disney Company France, Belgium, Japan and Russia, Gulli in France, Di Agostini and RAI in Italy, RTBF in Belgium, RTS in Switzerland, MBC in Middle East, Nelonen in Norway, Tele Quebec in Canada, RTE in Ireland, SIC K in Portugal, Noga in Israel, TVNZ in New Zealand, etc.

Indiana Teller series

The heir of a werewolf pack in Montana, Indiana Teller is the son of a human and a werewolf. But his human genes blocked his wolf genes and he never turned into a wolf. Rejected by the pack, he leaves to go to the University of Montana to study and embrace his human side. There, he meets a very pretty but mysterious human girl, Katerina. For the first time, Indiana feels like a normal person. And falls in love with Katerina.

But why does Louis Brandkel, the chief of another werewolf pack, want Indiana dead? And why does Louis's son Tyler, try so hard to steal Katerina away from him? Amid betrayal and danger, Katerina and Indiana's love face terrible challenges. Because Katerina's beautiful eyes have made Indiana forgot the pack's most important rule: it is forbidden to love a human. And the penalty for breaking that rule is death.

Young Adult works

Fiction

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