Michèle Fitoussi

Michèle Fitoussi was born in Tunisia to French parents, and has lived in Paris since the age of five. After receiving a degree from the prestigious Institut des Sciences Politiques, she chose to pursue a career in journalism. She worked for twenty-five years at 'Elle' magazine, interviewing influential decision makers and world leaders in areas as varied as politics, human sciences, sports, literature and the media. She has also written often about the challenges facing women. She has also written fiction, non-fiction and screenplays. Her first best-seller, 'Superwoman's had enough' sold more than 400,000 copies throughout the world. And in 1999, she wrote the international best-seller 'The Prisoner', about a young Moroccan woman imprisoned with her family for twenty years under the reign of Hassan II. Translated into 30 languages, it sold more than a million copies throughout the world and remained on the New York Times best-seller list for 25 weeks after being stamped as an 'Oprah Book' by Oprah Winfrey. Her biography of make-up entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein was featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour and in The Lady, the Daily Express and Daily Mail. (Photo credit: Francesca Mantovani/Opale/Editions Grasset)