Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

A little about Marie-Louise

Marie-Louise was born in Dublin, where she studied Illustration. Her main interest as a picture book creator is in charting the personal journeys we make in early childhood.  She has been creating picture books since 1988 and turned to writing novels in 2008, with great success.

Marie-Louise has represented her country in both the Hans Christian Andersen and the Astrid Lindgren Awards. She runs on coffee and chocolate.

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Titles Include

Older Fiction

TIMECATCHER –  novel, Orion Children’s Books (Shortlisted for 2010 IBA Awards & West Sussex Children’s Choice Awards)

DARK WARNING –  novel, Orion Children’s Books (CBI Honour Award for Fiction 2013)

HAGWITCH – novel, Orion Children’s Books (CBI Children’s Book of the Year Award 2014 & Honour Award for Fiction)

ON MIDNIGHT BEACH – YA novel, Faber & Faber – (Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021, Lancashire Book Awards & the IBA Awards, longlisted for the UKLAs, KSC Teen School Book Award)

Younger Fiction

IZZY AND THE SKUNK – Gullane, (Bisto Book of the year 2001)

YOU, ME AND THE BIG BLUE SEA – Gullane, (Bisto Book of the year 2003)

I’M A TIGER TOO! – Gullane (Shortlisted for Bisto, 2002)

SILLY MUMMY, SILLY DADDY – Frances Lincoln (Shortlisted for 2007 Irish Book Awards)

I AM I – Roaring Brook Press USA (CBI Book of the Year Award 2009 & Honour Award for Illustration, Carle Museum Distinction 2009)

THERE – Roaring Brook Press USA (Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Award)

THE NEW KID – Hodder

OWL BAT BAT OWL – Walker Books (JLG selection, nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway)

I CAN MAKE A TRAIN NOISE co-created with Michael Emberley – Neal Porter Books – (JLG selection, Hornbook/Publishers Weekly starred reviews, Book Pages Best Books list)

THERE – Roaring Brook Press

DEAR TOOTH FAIRY – HarperCollins US

DON’T – Otter-Barry Books

OWL BAT BAT OWL

“A beautiful and heart-warming wordless picture book that shouts loudly about the gift of family, friendship and not judging a book by it’s cover. While there is no text to ‘read’ the story is brilliant expressed through the pages with colour, positioning, facial features and body language. The illustrations sing with clarity, expressiveness and are uncluttered and simply lovely. One of the best wordless books I have seen in ages!”

Mary Esther Judy, Reviewer for FALLEN STAR STORIES

OWL BAT BAT OWL

“I’m a big fan of wordless picture books and this one is a cracker.”

Jill Bennett, Reviewer and consultant for Early Years Education.

OWL BAT BAT OWL

“Wordless books offer children – and adults – multiple opportunities to tell and retell a story, and here the eyes definitely have it as Fitzpatrick skilfully uses her characters’ expressions to show readers how Bats and Owls become friends.”

THE IRISH TIMES

THERE

“Bucking the trend of recent years ‘THERE’ is largely picture driven and aimed at the under nines. As both author and illustrator Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick scooped the 20th Bisto Book of the Year Award, plus the Honour Award for Illustration. This is the third time that Fitzpatrick has picked up the prestigious award winning in 2001 and 2003 for her picture books ‘You Me, and the Big Blue Sea’ and, ‘Izzy and the Skunk’.”

Taken from: IRISH TIMES, TELEGRAPH and GUARDIAN

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