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Tonino Benacquista

About the Author

Tonino Benacquista was born in France in 1961 to Italian immigrants. An acclaimed author of fiction, film scripts, and graphic novels, he won a César (the “French Oscar”) in 2006 for the script of Jacques Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. His novels in English include The Thursday Night MenFramedSomeone Else, and Holy Smoke. Benacquista lives in France.

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