MEET MARIE...

so a little about me, first off, I love moss, I wish I was A teeny tiny person so I could live in a cosy, soft moss house, eat biscuits and drink tea from acorn hats.

My very first love though, will always be illustration, if I couldn't draw I am not sure who I would be, I could draw before I could write, (now I think of it we probably all draw before we write)...anyway. As a 9 year old, I would dream of infinite amounts of paper so I never had to stop drawing.​ so now, I collect moss, drink tea and illustrate.

middle grade literature is where my passion lies, being a mum of an almost 10 year old, I enjoy nothing more than getting lost in my daughters books with her, often hilarious and thought provoking, they speak to the emerging young adult, allowing them to explore themselves or escape into new worlds​

middle grade books are a window through which tweens and teens can see new, scary and exciting worlds, where they can be anything, conquer anything and dream their biggest dreams. ​

​

Education and experience

• B.A Honours degree in Fine Art Painting.Loughborough University, College of Art and Design.

• illustrator of five children's books.

• nominated for the Queens Knickers Award 2021.