Marie-Aude Murail

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Marie-Aude Murail
Murail photographed at home by Claudie Rocard-Laperrousaz in June 2007
Born	6 May 1954 (1954-05-06) (age 70) Le Havre, France
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Sorbonne University
Spouse	Pierre-Michel Robert (1973–present)
Children	3
Relatives	Elvire Murail (sister) Lorris Murail (brother) Tristan Murail (brother)

Marie-Aude Murail (born 6 May 1954) is a French writer. She is best known for her numerous children and teen novels that go over a wide range of subjects including blended families, self-identification, mental health and serious illnesses. Her books span first-grade reading to young adult fiction, and include slice of life drama and comedy, detective novels and thrillers, fantasy and historical novels.

Her father, Gerard Murail, is a poet and her mother, Marie-Thérèse Barrois, a journalist. One of her brothers and her younger sister also write: Lorris Murail and Elvire Murail, aka Moka. Her other older brother, Tristan Murail is a music composer.

In 1973, she married Pierre Robert, an INSEE bureaucrat, with whom she has three children, Benjamin (1977), Charles (1987) and Constance (1994).