Geneviève Huriet

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name = Geneviève Huriet
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birthdate = August 24, 1927fr [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/servlet/autorite;jsessionid=0000TTaevXFNvPGc7LJKvTqc8pc:-1?ID=12040676&idNoeud=1.2&host=catalogue Catalogue BN-Opale Plus - Geneviève Huriet] . Retrieved May 6, 2008.]
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nationality = French
period = 1984 — present
genre = Children's literature
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notableworks= "Beechwood Bunny Tales"
("La Famille Passiflore")
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Geneviève Huriet (b. August 24, 1927 in France) is the author of the "Beechwood Bunny Tales" ("La Famille Passiflore") children's book series. Huriet lives in Paris with her diplomat husband and four children, and has travelled abroad in Japan, Britain, Angola and elsewhere.fr [http://www.editionsmilan.com/fiche_auteur.asp,ref,auteur,pk_contrib,183.rwi.html Geneviève Huriet author page] at Éditions Milan site. Retrieved January 7, 2008.] She once worked as a librarian, [ [http://www.edition-grasset.fr/nouveautes/english.htm New Titles (March-April 2003)] . Éditions Grasset. Retrieved February 19, 2008.] and began writing for her nine grandchildren before launching her career. [fr [http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteur.asp?id=1578 Geneviève Huriet - auteur jeunesse] . Ricochet-Jeunes. Retrieved January 7, 2008.]

Her works have been published by Éditions Milan, Grasset Jeunesse and Albin Michel in her native country. Only the first seven "Beechwood" stories have seen English translations from Gareth Stevens (in 1991 and 1992).

An European TV show based on the "Beechwood" books was launched in late December 2001. [fr Films d'animation (2001, December 23). "Le Monde" Television. Accessed January 13, 2008.]

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