The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol

Crocodiles was the 6th best-selling book in France in 2008 (Le Figaro littéraire). Katherine Pancol was awarded 'Best author 2007' by Gorodets Publishing (Moscow).

Published in 2006, her novel Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles) was a huge success in France, where it sold more than one million copies and received the 'Prix de Maison de la Presse, 2006' for the largest distribution in France. One of her goals is to inspire women to dare to be themselves while keeping a positive relationship with life itself.

Her works tend to have an uplifting theme while entertaining, and have been immensely successful commercially. Pancol is admired for her insights into human psychology, particularly women, and her sense of detail is often shaded with wry humor. Influenced by the American way of life, her style became more fast-paced and eventful. Following the success of her first novel Moi D'abord in 1979, Pancol moved to New York City where she spent the next decade pursuing creative writing and screenwriting classes at Columbia University while producing three more novels La Barbare in 1981, Scarlett, si possible and Les Hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues. While working for Paris-Match and Cosmopolitan, she was noticed by an intuitive publisher who encouraged her to begin writing fiction. She studied literature and initially became a French and Latin teacher before turning to journalism. Katherine Pancol moved from Casablanca to France when she was five.

The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol