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Marjorie van Heerden
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Name
Marjorie Heerden
Books
Frog: Chitonga Version, Frog: Lunda Version
Marjorie van Heerden (born October 8, 1949) is a South African writer and illustrator of children’s books. Since the publication of her first children’s picture book in 1983, van Heerden has been published as illustrator or writer/illustrator in 33 languages in Africa, Britain, Europe, the Orient, Canada and the USA.
In 1973 she married Johann van Heerden and they have two children. The family is widely travelled, having lived for a year in Evanston, Chicago. From 1989 to 1999 they lived in Johannesburg and from 1999 to 2003 in Athens, Greece. Since 2003 the couple has been living in Gordon's Bay village on False Bay outside Cape Town.
In 2003 van Heerden started the South African chapter of the international Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), based in Los Angeles. In 2000 she and a friend also started the SCBWI chapter in Greece. She is currently the co-regional advisor of the South African chapter.
Awards and honors
Awards Marjorie van Heerden has won for her work include the 2011 W.B. Mkhize Award, given annually by the Usiba Writers’ Guild, for the Zulu version of Lulama’s long way home (Uhambo LukaLulama Olude), a picture book she wrote and illustrated, published by Giraffe Books, an imprint of Pan MacMillan. In 2012, Marjorie and author Alex D’Angelo won the M.E.R. Award (one of the Media24 Books Literary Awards) for the best illustrated children’s book published in South African during the previous year (2011) – they won for Goblin Diaries: Apprenticed to the Red Witch, published by Tafelberg Publishers (SA). This was the second time she had been awarded this prestigious award - the first time was in 2008 when she won it with author Wendy Hartmann for Nina and Little Duck, published in 2007 by Human & Rousseau (SA).
As writer and illustrator
Lulama’s Long Way Home, 2007 (also published in Portuguese and all 11 South African official languages).
The Authentic, Unusual, Alarming, Actual, Factual, Story Book (published in Afrikaans as Die Oorspronklike, Ongewoon Skrikaanjaende, Werklik Feitlike Storieboek), 2006.
The Adventures of Phepa and Itumelang, 2006.
Monde’s Present reworked second edition, 2005 (published in all 11 South African official languages).
Monde’s Present (based on the original story by Alexia van Heerden), 1997.
Lana’s long way home (published in Afrikaans as Lana se ompad huistoe), 1993.
A new bed for Alexia (published in Afrikaans as ‘n Nuwe bed vir Alexia), 1992.
Goodnight, Grandpa (published in Afrikaans as Nag Oupa), 1990.
Looking for a friend (published in Afrikaans as ‘n Maat vir Mayedwa), 1988.
A Monster in the garden, (a Peanutbutter story, published in Afrikaans as ‘n Monster in die tuin - ‘n Korrelkonfyt-storie), 1987.
Old enough, (a Peanutbutter story, published in Afrikaans as Oud genoeg - ‘n Korrelkonfyt-storie), 1987.
Father Christmas needs help (a Peanutbutter story, published in Afrikaans as Kersvader het hulp nodig - ‘n Korrelkonfyt-storie, 1987.
A tiger took me to the circus (published in Afrikaans as Sirkus toe saam met ‘n tier), 1986.
Die een groot bruin beer (Afrikaans), 1984.
As illustrator
Jim Henry, The Adventures of Willy Nilly and Thumper: Book Four– Charlie, the Cross-Eyed Crocodile, 2017.
Jim Henry, The Adventures of Willy Nilly and Thumper: Book Three – Stella Star, 2016.
Jim Henry, The Adventures of Willy Nilly and Thumper: Book Two – The Hermit’s Last Hairs, 2016 (also published in Spanish).
Jim Henry, The Adventures of Willy Nilly and Thumper: Book One - The Lost Treasure of Mount Methuselah, 2016 (also published in Spanish).
Leon Rousseau, Storiemuis: Boek 3-6 (in Afrikaans, together with illustrators Johann Strauss and Karen Ahlschläger), 2016.
Leon Rousseau, StorieMuis Omnibus (Book 2), 2015.
Leon Rousseau, StorieMuis Omnibus (Book 1), 2015.
Dianne Steward, Folktales from Africa (second edition), 2015.
Leon Rousseau (collected by), four fairy tales in digital format on the Storierak online application store of NB Publishers (Afrikaans), (2013, published in 2012).
Leon Rousseau (fairy tales collected by), Storieman Omnibus 1 and Storieman Omnibus 2, 2012.
Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang, Ears Hear(English and Chinese), 2012.
Kathleen Ahrens and Chu-Ren Huang, Numbers Do (English and Chinese) , 2012.
Ingrid Vander Veken (Dutch original translated into Afrikaans by Antjie Krog), Sam: ’n Ware verhaal van ’n dogtertjie en haar olifant, 2012.
Alex D’Angelo, Goblin Diaries: Apprenticed to the Red Witch, 2011.
Desmond Tutu, Children of God - Storybook Bible (one of 20 illustrators, commissioned from around the world), 2010.