Julie Maroh


Julie Maroh is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels, who originates from Northern France. They wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color 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.

Biography

After having obtained an applied arts baccalauréat at E.S.A.A.T in Roubaix, Maroh continued their studies in Brussels, where they lived for eight years. They got two diplomas there, in Visual Arts in the Institut Saint-Luc and in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
They are openly Lesbian and Nonbinary. They started writing Blue is the Warmest Color when they were 19 and it took them five years to complete it.

Works