French Tana is a well-known Irish writer and theater actress. The author’s books and stories are riddled with mystical stories and incredible life events, including a detective story. Readers especially liked her works such as "A Lifetime Night" and "Dawn Bay".
French Tana: biography
The future star of world literature was born on May 10, 1973 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. The girl’s family was self-sufficient and open to the modern world. His father, David French, held the honorary post of economist, and his responsibilities included managing the resources of such a fast-paced world. Tana's mother, Elena Khvostoff-Lombardi, supported her husband in every way in his endeavors and traveled with him and her daughter, according to her husband's work contract. Throughout her childhood, French Tana managed to live in various countries and absorbed all the features of local culture.
The family has always been distinguished by cohesion and incredible support of each other. Therefore, when young Tana announced her desire to study literature and acting, parents gave all their strength to ensure that the girl received a decent education. The future writer chose the Dublin College, which was founded by Queen Elizabeth the First in 1592, as a place for training. Trinity College, as the place of study was called, is one of the oldest and most prestigious educational institutions in Ireland.
Women were admitted to the school only in 1904, and this was truly a great step. According to historical data, the above event touched all the old universities in Europe. But it was Trinity College that was one of the first who decided to admit women to education within their walls.
First years of study
As mentioned earlier, French Tana traveled with her family from an early age and lived in several countries. Most of all, the girl remembered the years of her life spent in Ireland, Italy and Malawi. From every country where Tana spent time, she drew inspiration, studied local traditions and mentality. All this subsequently played a role in the formation of the girl as a writer, and received a response on the pages of her novels.
The first years of study at Trinity College were identified in the life of Tana as the years spent in various books, the time to acquire new knowledge and develop existing acting skills. The Irish culture shocked French so much that the girl decided to take an incredible step, and remained to live in this country, retaining the dual citizenship of Italy and the USA.
Personal life
Moving from one city to another, it was difficult for the girl to maintain friendly relations with her peers, not to mention having a romantic relationship. However, luck smiled on the writer, and already in Ireland, she began a long and strong relationship.
French Tana does not like to talk about her personal life, referring to the fact that public recognition already takes a lot of energy and energy, and in the family she can always relax and be alone with her loving spouse and daughter.
The husband of the Irish writer from the very beginning supported her in all endeavors, helped to cope with difficulties, and inspired confidence in the coming day. He made her decision to permanently move to Ireland, and for many years now the family has been living in Dublin, raising a beautiful daughter.
Creative activity
Distinguishing herself from other peers in her life wisdom and determination, young Tana was a fan of her work. Starting from a young age, the girl participated in various school productions, read her own poems with her family and dreamed of a great career as a writer. French parents saw in their daughter a huge potential and contributed in every way to the development of acting skills.
Studying professional acting at Trinity College, the girl completely forgot about literary fame and plunged headlong into the world of theater and cinema. Many teachers found the young talent very talented and prophesied her world fame. The formation of Tana as a public person began with small roles in the theater, and then grew into a movie game and voice acting characters.
The first steps in the literature
Years passed, and the world changed in the same way as the French worldview. Having gone beyond the fortieth birthday, the actress remembered her childhood dream of becoming a great writer. Since the woman loved crime and detective dramas, the genre of her own books was based precisely on these criteria. The writer devoted all her free time to literature, and after a few years the world saw many books with the mysterious author - Tana French.
The woman began to write her debut novel in between castings, and it was he who absorbed all the energy and uniqueness of the author. The publication of the first novel titled “In the Forest Thicket” falls on 2007. The work has received wide international recognition and many enthusiastic reviews.
Awards and prizes
The first literary achievement of Tana French considers his novel "In the forest more often." The publication brought her worldwide fame and received a number of relevant awards. The novel was recognized as a bestseller in hard and soft cover, and it was called the "debut of a dream." According to data for 2015, more than a million copies were sold.
The rights to film adaptation of the book as a television series were also acquired, and in 2014 the popular magazine included the work “In the Forest Thicket” in the top 50 best debut novels from 1950 to 2014.
Tana French, whose books are saturated with detective investigations and mystical events, is called one of Ireland's most famous and promising writers.
Subsequent works
Tana French’s novel “A Lifetime Night” includes a strict detective line with a touch of life doubt. The young man and his lover agreed to escape from his hometown and start a new life outside. However, on the night before the escape, young people encounter difficulties, and the guy leaves alone. All his subsequent life he asks questions without answers. Why did his beloved betray him? Why didn’t she come to the meeting place? Monstrous events are twisted into an incredible knot that the protagonist will have to unravel. And sooner or later he will stop before a choice: what is more important for him - his career or the duty of a man?
The publication of such an exciting novel brought even more fame and many literary awards. The Irish writer has repeatedly shared her feelings that after the release of the work “A Long Lifetime”, her subsequent novels will be less popular.
Another explosive sensation was the publication of Tana French “The Intruder” in 2016. This is a book from the Dublin Squad of Murders series, which tells about work in the Irish police, about cruel and exciting crimes, about people and their vices. Despite the fact that the story comes from male detectives, the writer very clearly conveys their motive and attitude, so that readers seem to be transferred to the pages of the book. The novel "Intruder" captures from the first lines and does not let go until the very end.
The novel "Dawn Bay"
The work, which tells us about the terrible tragedy that took place on the seashore, was released in 2012. In the novel "Dawn Bay", Tana French collected all the components of an excellent crime thriller, exciting detective arguments and simply incredible plot twists.
From the first pages of the book we are told about a nice young family consisting of happy parents and two beautiful kids. But the main characters were faced with a monstrous tragedy in which the husband was stabbed to death, the kids were strangled, and the inconsolable mother and widow were in the hospital with serious injuries. The plot makes you think about life goals and realities, about who we are and whether we are doing the right thing in a given situation.
The novel "Dawn Bay" has received many awards in the field of criminal literature and the detective genre. Critics were delighted with the read work and literally sang the Irish writer, calling her the find of the century!