Mirelle Ortega

About The Author

Mirelle Ortega is an award-winning Mexican artist and writer for kidlit and animation based in Los Angeles, California. She is the author-illustrator of River of Mariposas and Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, for which she received a 2023 Pura Belpré Award Illustration Honor and an International Latino Book Award bronze medal.

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Books by Mirelle Ortega

Barbie: The Nutcracker

By Lorelai Hart

Illustrated by Mirelle Ortega

This giftable hardcover storybook retells the all-new Barbie Nutcracker film. It is brought to life by the stunning illustrations of Pura Belpré Honoree, Mirelle Ortega.

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