Elvire Murail


Elvire Murail is a French writer, mainly author of books for youth under the pen name Moka. The daughter of poet, she is the younger sisters of writers Marie-Aude and, and composer Tristan Murail.

Biography

A graduate of University of Cambridge, she began her literary career with adult novels. She enjoyed success with her first book, Escalier C, which will be brought to the cinema by Jean-Charles Tacchella in 1984.
After signing four novels for adults, she entered youth literature in 1989 under the pseudonym Moka. She signed with this pseudonym more than seventy novels for the youth, published mainly at in the "Mouche", "Nine" and "Medium" series. These novels were for the most part books of mysteries between police and fantasy for adolescents from 10 to 15 years old.
Since 1996, she has been committed to defending a quality youth literature within the "Charte des Auteurs et Illustrateurs pour la Jeunesse" of which she was treasurer from 1999 to 2007. She was also the Permanent Commissioner for General Affairs of Sofia until 2007. She is a member of the Société des gens de lettres and the société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques.
She also works as a screenwriter and dialogue writer for film and television.

Literary works

Under her name

Cinema

She received twice a scholarship from the National Center for Letters for Un phare dans le ciel'' and for the whole of hetr work for youth.