Maylis de Kerangal is the author of several novels in French, including "Je marche sous un ciel de ""traine"(2000), "La vie voyageuse" (2003), "Corniche Kennedy" (2008), and "Naissance d'un pont" (published in English as"Birth of a Bridge", winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix Medicis in 2010). She has also published a collection of short stories, "Ni fleurs ni couronnes" (2006), and a novella, "Tangente vers l'est" (winner of the 2012 Prix Landerneau). In addition, she has published a fiction tribute to Kate Bush and Blondie titled "Dans les rapides"(2007). In 2014, her fifth novel, "Re""...