Marie Desplechin (born the January 7th 1959 with Roubaix) is a journalist and a French writer E , author of books for children and adults. It also takes part in the writing of scenarios. It is the sister of Raphaëlle, Fabrice and Arnaud Desplechin, and mother of three children.

After a training of journalist then a few years of work in the communication of company, it publishes, encouraged by Genevieve Brisac, her first books at the School of the leisures ( Rude Saturday for Angèle , the Backpack of Alphonse ) then meets the first success with, for largest, the publication of a collection of significant news Trop .

Green and Without me enable him to reach a larger audience.

In January 2003 leaves Dragons . the world of Joseph published in 2000 had constituted of it a prelude adapted to young readers.

Always for them, Satin Grenadian then Séraphine explores the 19th Parisian century.

In parallel, she works with Lydie Violet who was her press attaché with the Editions of Olivier and her friend. The latter must give up due to terminal illness with a professional life which was appropriate to him well. This writing with four hands the Life leaves saves , which gains in November 2005 the Prix Médicis tests.

She also takes part in collective collections among which one can quote Naissances (2005 - the Iconoclast) or 100 days without published in spring 2005 for the support group with Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun of which she formed part actively, like with the review thinking/rêver  and with some magazines (whose Miss Star Club for the Newspaper of Dawn and certain numbers of I bouquine ) and does not hesitate to contribute to innovating projects ( Beaucoup more than the love for the public library of the town of Bobigny) or to the publications of a new publisher (the Estuary with the Handbag in 2004 then the Photograph in 2005).

It is member of the committee of sponsorship of the French Coordination for the Decade of the culture of peace and of non-violence and since 2006 regularly publishes articles in the Express .