Biography
Irish Writer Tana Frenc makes great successes on a literary field. A woman writes in a detective genre, in the smallest detail describing criminals, victims, witnesses and suspects, as if herself is in the body of every hero. The first published book of Irish made a big furyor, securing the desire of the author and then create a thriller.Childhood and youth
The biography of Tanya began in Burlington, Vermont, USA, where she was born in the spring of 1973. Her mother Elena Tvhodof-Lombardi was engaged in the economy, and Father David Frenc worked as an economist in the field of management and distribution of resources for the developing world. Due to the selected activity, the man often traveled to long business trips, and the family followed him every time. So the childhood of the future writer was held in completely different countries with distinguished cultures and traditions.
For a while, Franch's family lived in Malawi, Italy, Ireland and other countries. It is probably the inspiration to create books in the future, although at that time the girl did not suspect that he would become a professional writer. After graduating from school, I moved to Dublin and did it in Trinity College.
As a woman admitted in an interview, she, since childhood, he was in the cinema and literature, participated in school productions, read his own poems from the stage and loved the attention of others. But the desire to act in films and work in the theater then turned the scales bowl, and the girl began to study acting.
Books
Knowing the basics of the game on stage, a beginner actress gradually forgot about the former passion for literature. Work in the theater after the end of the university absorbed French. Basically, she passed in the local theater, periodically the girl was taken to be filmed in films. But the roles there were so invisible that Tana was not remembered by the viewer, and therefore did not receive the desired fame.So the 34 years of Life Frenc went through, but in one moment her life turned over. In his free time, there was inspiration between the castings on the Tana, unexpectedly revived the love of a woman to write. Since childhood, the writer read exclusively criminal novels and tangled detectives, and the time came to invent the story itself, the question of choosing the genre no longer stood.
In 2007, the first book called "in the forest more often" appeared in Frenc bibliography. It is told about the detective Robe Ryan, who never told anyone about the most terrible day of his childhood. During a walk with comrades in the forest, the boy's friends disappeared without a trace, and he himself was only miracle, he did not understand anything and was blurred by blood.
Already in adulthood, Rob understands that the past returns, only now he, as a policeman himself investigates the murder of a 12-year-old girl in the same forest. He has no hooks, except for some rumors and troubled memories, which later help a man to reveal the secret of the death of a little Katie.
Tana herself, and all her surroundings, did not suspect that the first written book would raise such success. She was recognized in Ireland, in other countries met enthusiastic reviews. As the novice writer Frenc began to be invited to the presentation of literary awards, and since the author's book became a bestseller in a solid and soft binding, the woman won the nomination "Dream Debut".
At this, the popularity of the first book of the tanya did not stop, for 8 years from the moment of the release, 1 million of its copies were sold, and since the excitement did not subscribe for a long time, in 2015, the production studios of Euston Films and Veritas decided to remove the series. Soon the readers saw the shielding of the novel. Another small victory of the author was hit by Flavorwire magazine and receiving one of 50 seats on the list of the best debut novels since 1950. Also, the book was recognized on the Awards of Edgar Allan by in 2007 and on Anthony Prizes, Makaviti and Barry in 2008.
From the moment of the release of the work, readers looked forward to the presentation of the following. And in the summer of 2008, Frenc pleased fans with a new novel called "Dead Returns". Here again in the main role of a detective investigating murder. Having arrived at the crime scene, Cassie Maddox discovers that the victim looked like her, like a twin sister.
The police plans to take advantage of this circumstance to catch the criminal on her liver, and hearing, supposedly the girl managed to save. It would seem that everything goes according to plan, but every day, law enforcers have more and more questions.
This book also had success and immediately flew in the lists of bestsellers in different countries of the world, as well as a couple of months was in the ranking of the best works according to The New York Times. According to the writer, the Book of this novel inspired the book of Donna Tartt "The Secret History", where the plot demonstrates that friendship is too strong and in rare cases leading to the murder.
After that, for a while, Tana took a break in writing activities. The next edition of Frenc went on sale only in the summer of 2010. Another detective "Night Long Lower" talks about a couple of lovers, which was not destined to be together. Through years, the young man becomes a policeman and in one day decides to know why his beloved betrayed. And then it opens the terrible truth, behind which the monstrous events followed, his loved ones are drawn into the lacquer, including their favorite daughter.
The subsequent works of Frenc came out with the same periodicity - once 2 years. In 2012, she presented a novel "Dawn Bay", in 2014 - "secret place", and in 2016 a detective "violator". For the first of the listed novels, Tana nominated to the Dublin Literary Prize.
It is worth noting that in each book the main acting person became a detective or a police officer working on an entangled criminal case associated with the murder or lies. And during the investigation into light, frightening facts pop up, and the main character begin to pursue the troubles.
In 2018, Frenc decided to retreat from the standard writing plan of the book by making a "Witification Elm" in the triller, not a detective, and sacrifice, presenting a thriller from another point of view. As always, a woman revealed the experience of a man who was in danger. Sometimes she enters a dead end and does not know how to further continue the work, in this case the author just postpones the letter and walks for a long time. It helps to refresh her thoughts and continue the novel with new forces.
Personal life
Personal life writer has developed successfully. The woman married Irish and with him raises common children - two daughters. There are no other details about the Money Frenc in the network, it is likely that he is a non-public person.
Although Tana was born in America, most of his life (since 1990) lived in Ireland, now he considers Dublin with his own home. It was here that she settled with his family. At the same time, a woman has dual citizenship - American and Italian.
Tana prefers not to post photo on the covers of own books, the publishing of the writer is usually accompanied by the name of the work printed on a neutral background.
Tana Frenc now
Franch continues to write detectives. In 2019, the next bestseller "Shadow behind his back" was released. The main heroes borrowed from his own novel "secret place", which in the new book officially became partners.
Once they go to the crime scene where the murder of a woman is committed. When inspecting the body, many oddities are found, and the further they begin to check all the facts, the more surprises meet.
Like other books of the writer, this novel got a great success and lightning up with a shelon of shops. In the meantime, readers share the impressions of the plot on the Internet, Tana is already inventing a new story.
Bibliography
- 2007 - "in the forest more often"
- 2008 - "Dead Returns"
- 2010 - "Night Long Life"
- 2012 - "Dawn Bay"
- 2014 - "Secret Place"
- 2016 - "Violator"
- 2018 - "Witiment Elm"
- 2019 - "Shadow behind the back"