Marcela Ferreira is a new children's author. Coming in 2025 with OUP - I Could Be Eaten By a Shark, a funny, wise story about a boy and his fears.

Marcela hit the ground running in 2023 with her debut books The Treasure (Magic Cat) and The Queen Next Door (Hachette). Her amusing and original book about friendship Bear vs Dragon (OUP) followed in 2024.

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marcela moved to London as a teenager. She started reading picture books after her children were born and hasn't been able to stop since!

She loves tongue twisters (Dr Seuss is a favourite), rhyme (any book by Rob Biddulph), and laugh-out-loud stories like Poo Bum and Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise.

Marcela also enjoys learning new proverbs, and how they change according to country and culture.

Her favourite Brazilian proverbs are:
never poke a jaguar with a short stick, old parrots don't learn to talk, necessity makes the frog jump  and 
a dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausages.

She lives in London with her husband, two children and a pair of newly rescued kittens - Loki and Thor.

Marcela Ferreira is represented by The Catchpole Agency.