Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick is a writer and illustrator from Dublin, Ireland, who creates children's books across the age groups. Her award-winning titles include Izzy and Skunk, There, Owl Bat Bat Owl, and Hagwitch. Her debut YA novel, On Midnight Beach, received rave reviews and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Sisters of the Moon, also YA, was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for an Irish Book Award. The Museum of Lost Umbrellas is a middle-grade novel, the first in a series. Marie-Louise lives in County Kildare and runs on coffee and chocolate.