Marie Louise Jensen (née Chalcraft) was born in Henley-On-Thames of an English father and Danish mother.
Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to get her head out of a book and learn useless things like maths.
Marie-Louise studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany.
After teaching English at a German University for four years, she decided to return to England to care for her children full-time.
she completed an MA in writing for Young people at the Bath Spa University in 2005.