Marc Levy has written 25 novels to date. His work has been translated into 50 languages and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. His first novel, If Only it Were True, was bought by Steven Spielberg before publication: the movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a number one box office hit in the USA. When  Le Figaro¿newspaper commissioned a nationwide poll asking the French to rank their favourite authors, Marc Levy and Victor Hugo shared first place.