Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin

Biographie de Plateau Emilie

After studying the fine arts in Montpellier, Emilie Plateau moved to Brussels, where she started her career as a comics author and illustrator, at first creating personal fanzines and later working for publishing houses like 6 Pieds Sous Terre ("Comme un plateau, " 2012, and "De l'autre côté à Montréal, " 2014) and Misma ("Moi non plus, " 2015). In 2019 she has continued her breakthrough, publishing with Dargaud a graphic novel adaptation of Tania de Montaigne's book "Noire, la vie méconnue de Claudette Colvin" ("Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin, " Europe Comics).
She also publishes children's books and works for the press, and participates in many comics collectives. After studying the fine arts in Montpellier, Emilie Plateau moved to Brussels, where she started her career as a comics author and illustrator, at first creating personal fanzines and later working for publishing houses like 6 Pieds Sous Terre ("Comme un plateau, " 2012, and "De l'autre côté à Montréal, " 2014) and Misma ("Moi non plus, " 2015).
In 2019 she has continued her breakthrough, publishing with Dargaud a graphic novel adaptation of Tania de Montaigne's book "Noire, la vie méconnue de Claudette Colvin" ("Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin, " Europe Comics). She also publishes children's books and works for the press, and participates in many comics collectives.