Magrit was born on Ascension Thursday, 1942, in a pretty village in Tours. After a parental breakup, her schooling was chaotic and unconventional. The village priest taught her some basic knowledge a few hours a week. This lack led to deep frustration. Intrigued by human behavior, widowed at the dawn of her 40th birthday, Magrit began studying psychology. She would become an addiction specialist and then a psychoanalyst. She also discovered a passion for reading, devouring certain authors, including Nietzsche, Spinoza, Proust, and Simone Veil. She met the writer Michel Dansel, who encouraged her to write novels. His narrative style and unusual characters undoubtedly influenced Magrit's writing. An octogenarian, living in a small Vendée village, she continues to write as much to share her slices of life as for the pleasure of juggling with the words of what she calls "the most beautiful French language".