Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (born 2 March 1962) is an Irish writer and

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

best known for

children's novels Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. She has won 10

CBI Book of the Year Awards The CBI Book of the Year Awards ( ga, Duaiseanna Leabhair na Bliana CBI), previously known as the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, are literary awards presented annually in the Republic of Ireland to writers and illustrators of books for children ...

(formerly Bisto Awards), including 4 awards for Book of the Year.

Works

Picture books

*''An Chanáil'' (1988) — Bisto Book of the Decade Award, Readers Association of Ireland Book Award, Irish Book Awards Design Medal *''The Sleeping Giant'' (1991) — Bisto Merit Award *''The Long March'' (1999) — Bisto Merit Award, RAI Special Merit Award; also named a Smithsonian Notable Book and IBBY Honour Book (illustration) *''Izzy and Skunk'' (2000) — Bisto Book of the Year (shared) *''Lizzy and Skunk'' (2000) *''I'm a Tiger Too'' (2000) — Premier of Queensland recommended read *''You, Me and the Big Blue Sea'' (2002) — Bisto Book of the Year, Eason Book of the Month August 2003 *''Silly Mummy, Silly Daddy'' (2006) *''I Am I'' (2006) *''Silly Mommy, Silly Daddy'' (2006) *''Silly School'' (2006) *''There'' (2009) — Bisto Book of the Year, Bisto Illustration Honour Award, Eric Carle Museum Best Picture Books of 2009 choice *''Silly Baby'' (2010)

Novels

*''Timecatcher'' (2010) — Dubray Books Book of the Month, May 2010 *''Dark Warning'' (2012) — CBI Book of the Year Honour Award for Fiction *''Hagwitch'' (2013) — CBI Book of the Year and Fiction Honour Award *''On Midnight Beach'' (2020) — CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist

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* 1962 births Living people Writers from Dublin (city) Irish women novelists 20th-century Irish novelists 21st-century Irish novelists Irish women children's writers 20th-century Irish women writers 21st-century Irish women writers Irish children's book illustrators {{illustrator-stub