Smuggler's Kiss (34 page)
Authors: Marie-Louise Jensen
Tags: #Teen & Young Adult, #Historical Fiction
Marie-Louise Jensen (née Chalcraft) was born in Henley-on-Thames of an English father and a Danish mother. Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to stop reading and stop writing stories and do long division instead. Marie-Louise studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany. After teaching English at a German university for four years, Marie-Louise returned to England to care for her children full-time. She completed an MA in Writing for Young People at the Bath Spa University in 2005.
Her books have been shortlisted for many awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award.
Marie-Louise lives in Bath with her two sons.
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