Stéphanie Maillet is a French illustrator based in Montpellier. Since her teenage years, she has been sketching, taking photographs, and sculpting small, quirky, and sometimes slightly monstrous characters. She finds joy in dark humor, sharing drinks with friends, crafting with her hands, and bringing her creations to life through movement and storytelling. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulon in 2004, Stéphanie began creating illustrated greeting cards for her own online shop. In 2012, she embarked on a journey around the world. During her travels, she rediscovered the pure pleasure of drawing by hand, which led to a travel sketchbook and the artistic project “Le tour du monde des petites puces”. Upon returning to France, she settled in Aix-en-Provence and turned fully toward children’s illustration. Her first self-published book, “La journée du petit monstre”, marks the beginning of a coloful and playful universe where imagination meets emotion.