Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (born 2 March 1962) is an Irish writer and illustrator best known for children's novels. She has won 10 CBI Book of the Year Awards (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 Sisters of the Moon (2024) The Museum of Lost Umbrellas (2025)