Julie Maroh

Julie Maroh
Julie Maroh
Born	1985 (age 39–40); Lens, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
	http://www.juliemaroh.com

Julie Maroh is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels, who originates from Northern France. She wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude) about the life and love of two young lesbians, which has been adapted in the award winning film Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdelatif Kechiche.^[1]^[2]

Biography

After having obtained an applied arts baccalauréat at E.S.A.A.T in Roubaix, Julie Maroh continued her studies in Brussels, where she lived for eight years. She got two diplomas there, in Visual arts (comics option) in the Institut Saint-Luc and in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.^[3]

She now lives in Angoulême.

Julie Maroh started writing Blue is the Warmest Color when she was 19 and it took her five years to complete it.

Blue Is the Warmest Color^[4] (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013 - ISBN 978-1551525143. The title was originally published by Glénat in 2010 and received a prize at 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[5] It has been adapted in film by Abdelatif Kechiche with the title Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]
Skandalon (2013)

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Julie Maroh
Born	1985 (age 39–40) Lens, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
http://www.juliemaroh.com