About Marie Voigt

Stories can change the world.

That’s why the award-winning author and illustrator Marie Voigt gave up her successful career in TV, branding and graphic design and turned to writing and illustrating children’s books.

Already her first book Red and the City was nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the international Klaus Flugge Prize.

Marie Voigt’s second book The Light in the Night has already sold over 130,000 copies, whilst her third book Jazz Dog was read on CBeebies Bedtime Stories by singer Robbie Williams.

Her most recent publication The Smile has just won The Golden Wizard Book Prize in America.

Her books have already been translated into 23 languages.

Publishers of Marie Voigt’s work include Penguin Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, Pearson and many more.