Magrit was born on Ascension Thursday, 1942, in a pretty little town in the Touraine region. After her parents' separation, her schooling was chaotic and unconventional. The village priest imparted some basic knowledge to her, a few hours a week. This lack of formal education led to profound frustration. Intrigued by human behavior, and widowed just before her 40th birthday, Magrit began studying psychology. She became an addiction specialist and then a psychoanalyst. She also discovered a passion for reading, devouring authors such as 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. Now in her eighties, living in a small village in the Vendée region, she continues to write as much to share slices of her life as for the pleasure of playing with the words of what she calls "the most beautiful French language."