If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
If you had told 13-year-old me that one day I’d be taking quick jaunts to London for last minute holidays with my husband and kids, where I could sit in cafés finishing up one book, while coming across another in a major bookstore on Charing Cross, and drop into gallery openings in Mayfair, and stroll the streets of Marylebone, and drink in all the accents and call it research, and eat all the things, all of them, before hopping a high speed train back to my home in Paris — I would have said, “No bloody way.” Alas, here I am. Living out my teen fantasies. #searchingforHayesCampbell #amwriting #authorlife #authorsofinstagram #TheIdeaOfYou #expatlife #liveyourdreams #mylifeineurope
Happy Birthday, Gaily. Not a day goes by when you are not in my thoughts. And in my heart. Love you. Always. 🤍
Happy Birthday, Gaily. Not a day goes by when you are not in my thoughts. And in my heart. Love you. Always. 🤍
Happy Birthday, Gaily. Not a day goes by when you are not in my thoughts. And in my heart. Love you. Always. 🤍
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Celebrating freedom at this morning’s visit to the Hotel de la Marine. 1. View from the terrace 2. The desk on which the treaty to abolish slavery in the French Colonies was signed in 1848. 3. The desk on which the decree to execute Marie Antoinette was signed in 1793. 4 – 10, spaces in which I may or may not have danced through acting out Saltburn by myself, since none of my friends on this morning’s tour had seen it yet. Kept my clothes on for legal purposes. Just another day in Paris. #liberté #egalité #fraternité
Earlier this month, we spent 4 days in Mexico City as guests of the Yale School of Art for Art Week. Our days were filled with art and architectural tours — murals, museums, churches, temples, ruins, galleries, exhibits, tequila, mezcal, tacos, laughter, and art, art, art. It was an absolutely amazing week!! So much beauty. So much inspiration. So much material for the next book. My reel won’t do it justice, but know that I was happy. Huge thank you to #YaleSchoolOfArt and @sofitelmexicocity for a truly extraordinary visit!! #art #zonamaco #MexicoCity #research #author #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #marchandraphel #solènemarchand
Happy Pub Day, to @tiawilliamswrites, my sister from another mister!! Her new novel, A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE hits the shelves today, and you would be wise to get your hands on a copy. It is utterly brilliant!! An enigmatic, enchanting, absolute gift of a love story that transcends time, place, and realm. Tia never ceases to surprise and delight!! Get it. Gift it. Good. #alovesongforrickiwilde #tiawilliams #authorsofinstagram #romance #intrigue #renaissanceharlem
