Fasquelle's first novel, Malconduit (Paris: Éditions Julliard, in French), was published in 1959.
She later won the Cazes Prize in 1961 for her 1960 novel, Le congrès d'Aix (Paris: Éditions Julliard, in French), translated to English by Nigel Ryan, Congress at Aix (London: Hamish Hamilton) – relating to the European Public Works Congress ("congrès européen des Travaux publics") held in Aix-en-Provence at the beginning of summer – and, in 1967, won the Deux-Magots Prize for her 1966 novel, L'Air de Venise [The Air of Venice] (Paris: Éditions Grasset).
Her 1972 book Le trio infernal [The Infernal Trio] (Paris: Presses de la Cité) was made into a film by Francis Girod, starring Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider.
[3] She was elected a member of the Femina Prize jury in 1992, following the steps of her mother, who had died the previous year.
[5] She had been the wife of Jean-Claude Fasquelle,[2] chairman of the French publishing house Grasset from 1981 to 2000.