
Influenced by the American way of life, her style became more fast-paced and eventful.

Following the success of her first novel Moi D'abord in 1979, Pancol moved to New York City where she spent the next decade pursuing creative writing and screenwriting classes at Columbia University while producing three more novels La Barbare in 1981, Scarlett, si possible and Les Hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues. 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.
