
While working for Paris-Match and Cosmopolitan, she was noticed by an intuitive publisher who encouraged her to begin writing fiction.

She studied literature and initially became a French and Latin teacher before turning to journalism.

Katherine Pancol moved from Casablanca to France when she was five. In the United States, she is known as the author of The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (Penguin, 2013) and its sequel, The Slow Waltz of Turtles (Penguin, 2016), both translated by William Rodarmor. Her books have been translated into some 30 languages, and sold millions of copies worldwide.

Katherine Pancol (born 22 October 1954) is a French journalist and novelist.
