Rochelle Maroon

Websitehttps://www.rochellemaroon.com/
Twitterhttps://t.co/KMIhZSacpk

Rochelle Maroon is an author, artist and illustrator. She had her first freelance feature article published in the NZ Listener when she was 18 and worked as a journalist before becoming a YA and children's book editor. She worked on many award-winning New Zealand children's books.

After starting a family she wrote her first picture book for children, I Know About Babies . Later, she completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Design. She was the winner of two student awards for exhibitions in a public gallery and received a mentorship from NZSA with Gavin Bishop for a children's picture book project. Her painting and prints have been exhibited in shows at public and private galleries in the USA and New Zealand. The Talent Game her first children's novel for middle readers was published in 2023.

Rochelle works as a communications consultant.

Genre:

  • Children's Fiction

Skills:

  • Editing
  • Illustration
  • Manuscript Assessment

Branch:

Wellington

Location:

Publications:

I know about babies

A child's own take on the arrival of a sibling and finding a solution to the problem of rivalry.  Based on a true story by Rochelle Neale (Rochelle Maroon).

Mum tells Rowan that soon he'll have a baby brother or sister.

But guess what? Rowan tells Mum that he, too, is having a baby.

 

32 pages

ISBN 9780908783960

Mallinson Rendel Publishers

 

 

The Talent Game

You’ve got power—loser power! 

Max almost gives up football because of these words from his teammate. But he keeps playing. He wants to be brilliant at something. Anything.

Then, a mysterious host invites him to play a different kind of game. The prize is extraordinary talent. Max gets brilliant at football. And keeping secrets.

But the game grows deadly. Max must discover who to trust and what the game host really wants―or lose everything.

Cover illustration by Rochelle Maroon.