Marie Arnold

Marie Arnold was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. Marie enjoys creating stories full of adventure, and wonder, which center on girls of color. When she’s not writing, she’s adding to her insanely long Netflix cue and trying not to order pizza. The Year I Flew Away is her debut middle grade novel. She lives in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo Credit: Vanie Poyey)