Marianne lives to design and tinker. She’s a pint-sized, non-stop super thinker.
And when she’s not making, she’s conjuring tactics to get herself out of soccer practice.
Inspired by creators like Marianne, Kelly Corrigan and her daughter Claire Corrigan Lichty worked hand in hand to write Marianne The Maker (Penguin Random House), a story about the power of making that’s told in delightful rhyme.
Kelly Corrigan has been called “the voice of her generation” by O: The Oprah Magazine and “the poet laureate of the ordinary” by HuffPost. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tell Me More, The Middle Place, Lift and Glitter and Glue. Marianne the Maker is her second book for children.
Claire Corrigan Lichty is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a double major in computer science and drama. She writes code, stories and jokes for stand-up, which she has performed in small clubs in Bozeman, Montana, and downtown Manhattan. She's been a glue gun kid since she developed fine motor skills and hopes to be a maker indefinitely.
George Sweetland is a freelance illustrator and has illustrated over 10 children’s picture books.