Leunens, Christine

Originally Belgian and American, Christine moved to France at a young age and became a top international model, the face of Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Mercedes Benz and House of Fraser. She has a Masters Degree in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University. Her first novel, Primordial Soup (1999) published in the UK was described by the Sunday Times as 'a remarkable debut novel'. An earlier version of Caging Skies has been published in Spanish, Catalan, Italian and French, and the latter edition was shortlisted for the Prix Médicis and the Prix FNAC awards. Christine and her family now live in New Zealand where she is working on her third novel.;