“Jane Austen sold her first novel, Susan, to the publisher Crosby & Co. for £10. Six years later it still had not released the book and told her (in a mean-spirited letter) she could buy the rights back for the same £10 sum. She couldn’t afford it at the time, but finally, after four of her other novels had been successfully published, she did so. After her death, her brother published that first novel as Northanger Abbey. In 2017, Jane Austen made her debut on none other than the £10 note.”
Cécile Sune was born in Lyon, France, and her obsession with books started when she was 14. Her grandparents had lent her Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, and she spent part of the summer indoors reading. Needless to say, her tan didn't really improve that year! It was also around that time that Cécile fell in love with the English language. Several years later, in 1999, Cécile moved to Toronto, Canada, with her cat and 5 suitcases. Her love of reading greatly increased when she discovered that English books were much cheaper than French novels. In 2013, she decided to start a blog to share her passion. Cécile now lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband and their daughter, and works as a freelance translator (CS Revision).
