She is the most read French writer of recent years with Mélissa Da Costa. At 48, Virginie Grimaldi has conquered the hearts of her readers with numerous works that have had phenomenal success. Indeed, the author saw her notoriety grow in particular with With a good life or We will have that left. In 2021, she sold 877,000 copies.
To find out how much this writer wins thanks to her books, it is necessary to take into account several percentages negotiated by her publishing house. Indeed, according to the barometer of authors/publishers of the SCAM (Civil Society of Multimedia Authors) and SGDL (Société des Gens de Lettres), unveiled in March 2018,
“68% of the authors declare a remuneration rate of less than 10%. Concretely, on a large -format book sold 20 euros including tax,
The author will receive between 1.14 and 2.27 euros “.
Virginie Grimaldi: a successful author who continues to see her income grow
Thus, with these millions of copies sold, Virginie Grimaldi was able to win several hundred thousand euros. “Added to this is one to the downside, that is to say a determined sum at the signing of the contract. For a first novel, this advance is generally between 1,500 and 3,000 euros ”,
Is it specified.
Like Guillaume Musso or Marc Lévy, the French novelist has managed to make a place of choice in the French literary world. On the heart side, Virginie Grimaldi shares the life of a man, named Arnold, with whom she has lived for 20 years.
The novelist has shared the life of a man for 20 years
If she is very discreet on his private life,
The writer had agreed to confide in open heart on her couple, during an Instagram publication in which she highlights her love: “We loved the first time that we had said to ourselves, fun, that we would renew our wishes ten years later. It happened 14, but we kept his word”she writes.
In the photo we can see it with its loververy accomplice. “” “Because we have gone through great happiness and big sorrows, because after 18 years we are sure to want to run the wanderings together, because there is never too much joy and love, we said yes even stronger, surrounded by our children and people we love, and we met in 10, 14 or 36 years ”. A nice statement.
