With this "special" page I like to honour, all these wonderful people who have in some way brought entertainment, enjoyment, happiness, amazement and adorable moments to the "Catherine de Montsalvy" fansite. Our ingenious Marion Sarraut, spontaneously leaving a message in our guest book. Her warm-hearted act , had "knighted" us in a way, right from the beginning of the launching of the website! Philippe Caroit answering with a quick mail, writing that he will with the next click go and see the site! Sending me later in the year, a handwritten message for all "Catherine fans"! My lovely email exchange with Isabelle Guiard. One day I will openly explain what an awful mistake I made :-) (And no dear Isabelle, I still have not found Claudine Ancelot's email address!!)

The breathtaking moment, I saw Gérard Chambre's name in my mailbox - doing me the great honour to answer my very first interview! His adorable Christmas wishes to me and all the friends of Catherine! The lovely Corinne Touzet, whom I had the delight, to meet in May, while she was on stage in Paris. I am still overwhelmed by the  warm and honest interview she willingly sent. Laurent le Doyen, the leading actor of Juliette Benzoni's other best-seller Le Gerfaut - who with his refreshing French charm, can now count the passionate "Catherine fan Mistral", also to his fans! Pierre Deny who gave us likewise  such a great interview. Finding the time to enrich this website, with a beautiful handwritten message to me... and I will not tell how many girls wrote to me, wanting to be a "Bond" girl, if he played "James Bond ;-) !!
Our hero Pierre-Marie Escourrou alias Arnaud de Montsalvy - calling Mistral on her cell phone! I swear he was surely greatly amused how I tried to stay calm! Thank you again Pierre-Marie, for sending your answers for the interview, exactly on the day my website celebrated its first birthday on 10.9.2009 ! And I keep my promise about learning French!!

My dear friends, Aleksandra, Katarzyna, Jean Brittain, Catherine and Hélène, who have one way or the other, supported this website. I have given a link to the AWARD page, on each their names. I love them all, just like my other visitors, who come everyday and send me such enjoyable emails. I cannot add everyone into the HALL OF FAME - just like the Oscar  or César is only given once in a year  ;-) but I must not forget to put the name of Kristina of Slovakia and that of Diana of Bulgaria here.! Will you believe that those girls, went in search of missing "Catherine covers" scanned them for my website and sent them by mail? Nothing out of the ordinary? Like carrying seven books home from a library - travelling miles and miles to the sea in Bulgaria, to mobilize their friends in search of the famous seventh book:" La Dame de Montsalvy"? Just like Kate from Israel and Birgitte from Denmark. With the goal in mind, to help complete the series of the "International book covers"!

Frédérique my dear friend from France! When she was chosen to be Winner of the Catherine de Montsalvy Award, who might have thought, what a road we would go together! "Les filles des grands chemins" we have lovingly started to call ourselves; on the basis of the fourth Catherine book "Catherine des grands chemins". A fact which made our Juliette Benzoni smile and shake her head in an inimitable way. Those of you, who follow JouJou's and mine website, know that Frédérique is the "voice of Mistral" for my French Website. I am learning French yes, but the road is long...!!

And last but not least my very dear Juliette Benzoni. The reason this website exists. Without her there would be no "Catherine de Montsalvy fansite - no Catherine or Arnaud, our beloved heroes or all the other adorable characters from "Catherine, Il suffit d'un amour"; Juliette's worldwide bestseller! I am deeply touched by the friendship she offers me. I never tire talking about Juliette Benzoni. She is an extraordinary woman, who opened her arms so warmly to me and my soul mate Frédérique, on our very first visit to her home in Saint-Mandé. Borrowing one of her chapter’s names from her latest best-seller “La Dague au Lys Rouge”, it was "Love at first sight" between us! Dearest Juliette, thank you again for all the beautiful moments you have given us with all your books. You are our Queen and I am so proud and feel deeply touched, that you call me your friend!