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Delphine de Vigan

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Delphine de Vigan

Delphine de Vigan has published several novels, a number of which were nominated and won major literary prizes in France, including the Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des lycéens, Prix Renaudot, Prix de Libraires, Prix du roman Fnac and Gran prix de lectrices de Elle. She lives in Paris.

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Both a thriller and a commentary on what social media over-exposure does to a growing child, de Vigan suggests that the desire for validation makes people interested in appearing on reality TV or becoming influencers.

— Frenchly, Jan 26 2025

“Alison Anderson’s translation from the French is smooth and lucid...the story is suspenseful, a plotty page-turner with multiple twists.”

— Frenchly, Jan 26 2024

“it's more sociological than mysterious and more interesting than involving.”

— Star Tribune, Dec 7 2023

“If de Vigan’s chilling tale is as prescient as it seems, so-called kidfluencers are just one of the psychological ticking time bombs planted by the dissolution of privacy in our culture of unfiltered digital exposure.”

— The New York Times Book Review, Nov 28 2023

“A scathing tale for a social media era, Kids Run the Show follows Mélanie and Clara, two women who couldn’t be more different from each other, but whose lives intersect.”

— NYLON, Oct 27 2023

“Blending suspense and social commentary, de Vigan’s tale offers various perspectives on social media and its constructs of reality.”

— Booklist, Sep 28 2023

“De Vigan has written a blistering critique of influencer culture, the erasure of privacy, and the exploitation of children.”

— CrimeReads, Sep 25 2023

“An intelligent and affecting look at the void that lurks inside our social media fantasies of domestic bliss.”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred), Sep 25 2023

“A scathing criticism about privacy, social media, and parental rights.”

— Book Riot, Aug 7 2023