 In March 2018, Anna Gavalda appeared in the African media as one of the finalists of the GPLA 2017.She was shortlisted in the Belles-Lettres Category for her collection of short stories entitled "Fendre l'armure", that was released in 2017.Divorced, and the mother of two, Gavalda lives in the city of Melun, Seine-et-Marne, about 50 km southeast of Paris.