Marie-Louise Gay has written and/or illustrated over seventy books for children: from picture-books like the Stella and Sam series, Caramba, Any Questions? Fern and Horn, I’m Not Sydney! The ThreeBBrothers, Walking Trees to novels like Travels with my Family and Travels in Cuba. Her books have been published in over twenty languages. Some of her books have been adapted for puppet theatre, live theatre and an award-winning animated TV series. She has won many awards for her work, such as two Governor General’s Award, the Vicky Metcalfe Body of Work Award, the E.B.White Award and has been nominated twice for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.