About

The adventure of The Tales of Zoufftgen was born out of a deep connection to the landscapes of my village, on the French-Luxembourg border. A forest, an old oak, a dirt path or a farm become the starting point of stories where the wondrous gently slips into the real.

Through my tales, I try to give wonder its place again — alongside the memory of places and that part of imagination which transforms the way children look at what surrounds them.

My first stories were born in the evening, for my son. Tales told in a low voice to bring the day to a close, which slowly settled onto paper season after season.

Each book is conceived as a living whole, weaving together story, illustration and discovery. The tales extend naturally beyond their ending through pages devoted to local heritage, nature, drawing, or small moments of transmission to share together.

In my books, text and image move together. I write and illustrate each story in the same breath, always leaving room for imagination, observation and dreams.

Because I believe that beautiful stories deserve to last, I design my books with the same care as the stories themselves: hardcover, thick paper, delicate finishes… Books meant to be kept, reread and passed on.

Today, this world travels on both sides of the border through readings in schools and libraries, where children sometimes discover with surprise that the places in the tales actually exist.