Martha Verschaffel lives and works in Ghent. Her drawings tell stories where images suggest rather than clarify. Dark, dreamlike pencil illustrations emerge from her obsessions, dreams, or nightmares. Bries published her graphic novels Lily (2015) and Passages (2021). In 2024, she co-published Het Meisje en de Rots with author Kristien In-'t-Ven through Lannoo. Passages earned her a nomination for the Henry van de Velde Award for Graphic Design (2023).