Margaux Samson-Abadie is a freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer from France. Margaux grew up in a small coastal town in the west of France and spent her childhood playing pretend with her sister, drawing anthropomorphic animals, and reading past her bedtime. After graduating from fashion school, Margaux worked in the Netherlands for five years as a designer for a Dutch children wear company before going freelance as a commercial artist in 2019. Because of my inquisitive nature, Margaux loves illustrating non-fiction books, diving deep, learning & researching themes like biodiversity, environmental conservation, gardening, natural history, folklore, foreign cultures and civilisations. She am also very fond of designing book covers, the more ornamental the better! In the past three years, Margaux has illustrated Nature's Storybook series published by Quarto's Wide Eyed Editions and has worked as a commercial artist with various international clients.