Monique Martin was born in
Brussels on 9 September 1928, and died there on 24 September 2000. Her
nom de plume is derived from the first names of her grandparents, Gabrielle and Vincent. She worked as a painter, using
watercolors as a medium, before beginning a career as an illustrator in the 1980s with the series
Ernest et Célestine, which was adapted into
an animated film in 2012. == Works ==