Marc Levy was born in France When he turned eighteen, he joined the Red Cross, where he spent the next six years In 1983, he created a computer graphics company based in France and the United States Six years later, he co founded an interior design and planning company with two friends the company soon became one of the leading architecture firms in France.At thirty seven, Marc Levy wrote a story for the man that his son would grow up to be In early 1999, his sister, a screenwriter now a film director , encouraged him to send the manuscript to a French publisher, who immediately decided to publish If Only It Were True Before it was published, Steven Spielberg Dreamworks acquired film rights to the novel The movie, Just like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a 1 box office hit in America in 2005.After If Only It Were True, Marc Levy began writing full time Since then, he has written 18 novels His work has been translated into 49 languages and has sold over 40 million copies worldwide In addition, Marc Levy has directed a short movie, written short stories and song lyrics for various artists, including Johnny Hallyday.Le Figaro newspaper recently commissioned a nationwide poll asking the French to rank their favorite author Marc Levy and Victor Hugo were 1.Marc Levy currently lives in New York City Readers can learn about him and follow his work on marclevyfo