Maren Sell, a publisher and writer of German origin, lives since 1968 in France. She was involved in the creation of the newspaper Libération. In 2005 she founded Maren Sell Publishers, today an inprint of the Libella Group. Among other works she has published: Mourir d’absence (Grasset 1978), L’amour d’après (Belfond 1982), Le dernier amant (Stock 1994), La loi c’est l’amour  (Stock 1997). Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, she was elected in 1995 as Woman of Europe.