Marlies Slegers grew up in Indonesia. In her youth she kept diaries and wrote stories and poems. At the age of eighteen, she moved to the Netherlands to study and work. However, with her sights set on a writing career, she decided to attend writing workshops. For her short stories she has won several awards. To date, she has authored over twenty books, including the I Love Liv series and the handbook Soci@l Kids: Your Child on Social Media.