Proxy Mom

MATHOU (pr. Matoo), born in 1983, lives in Angers, France. She is an illustrator, graphic artist and creator of the successful blog “ Crayon d’ Humeur” (2007) with a community of 400,000 social media followers. She is the author of 5 successful comics and every year she releases her popular Happy Diary, of which 300,000 copies have been sold within the last 5 years. Her work focuses on sensitive topics such as anxieties and fatphobia... always brought up in a funny and optimistic way. SOPHIE ADRIANSEN was born in 1982, lives in Bretagne, France. She works full- time as a writer since 2010, having studied storytelling at the Femis movie school (Paris). She is the author of more than 70 books for adults and young people (400,000 books sold) and the winner of many French book awards. Her work has been translated in the US ("Nina Simone in Comics!"), Italy, Spain and Turkey. She wrote several novels about birth and maternity before writing "Proxy Mom".