Agnès Ledig was working as a midwife when she published her first novel, Marie d’en haut (2011), which was followed in 2013 by Juste avant le bonheur (Albin Michel), a bestseller that won the Prix des Maisons de la Presse, and four other novels, translated in twelve languages. Adored by her audience, she published Dans le murmure des feuilles qui dansent in spring 2018. After Le Petit Arbre qui voulait devenir un nuage (with F. Pillot) in 2017, Le Cimetière des mots doux is her 2nd children's album.