Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Author and illustrator Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1962. Some of her well-known works are Lizzy and Skunk; I'm a Tiger, Too!; You, Me and the Big Blue Sea; and The Long March. She has received numerous awards, including two Reading Association of Ireland Children's Book Awards, the Irish Children's Book Trust Book of the Decade Award, and two Bisto Merit Awards for best children's book. She lives in Ireland, but likes to travel and has visited Australia and the United States.