Julie Maroh is an author and illustrator originally from northern France. She studied comic art at the Institute Saint-Luc in Brussels and lithography and engraving at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels, where she still lives. After self-publishing three comics collections, her French-language graphic novel Le bleu est une couleur chaude was published by Glénat in 2010; it won several awards, including the Audience Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe's largest.
"Julie Maroh, who was just 19 when she started the comic, manages
to convey the excitement, terror, and obsession of young love--and
to show how wildly teenagers swing from one extreme emotion to the
next ... Ultimately, Blue Is the Warmest Color is a sad story about
loss and heartbreak, but while Emma and Clementine's love lasts,
it's exhilarating and sustaining." --Slate.com "A beautiful, moving
graphic novel." --Wall Street Journal "Delicate linework conveys
wordless longing in this graphic novel about a lesbian
relationship." New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) "Blue
Is the Warmest Color captures the entire life of a relationship in
affecting and honest style." --Comics Worth Reading "A tragic yet
beautifully wrought graphic novel." --Salon.com "Love is a
beautiful punishment in Maroh's paean to confusion, passion, and
discovery ... An elegantly impassioned love story." --Publishers
Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) "A lovely and wholehearted coming-out story
... the illustrations are infused with genuine, raw feeling.
Wide-eyed Clementine wears every emotion on her sleeve, and teens
will understand her journey perfectly." --Kirkus Reviews "The
electric emotions of falling in love and the difficult process of
self-acceptance will resonate with all readers ... Maroh's use of
color is deliberate enough to be eye-catching in a world of grey
tones, with Emma's bright blue hair capturing Clementine's
imagination, but is used sparingly enough that it supports and
blends naturally with the story." --Library Journal (STARRED
REVIEW) "It's not just the French who have a better handle on sexy
material than Americans -- Canadians do, too ... Who's publishing
it? Not an American publishing house but by Arsenal Pulp Press, a
Canadian independent." --Los Angeles Times "A deeply compelling
story ... Maroh displays tremendous insight into the highs and lows
of a young girl's journey of self-discovery as she moves from
adolescence into adulthood." --Lambda Literary "A hymn to love."
--Le Figaro "A sensitively told narrative." --Tetu Magazine
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