Marie-Thérèse Schins (born 21 August 1943) is a German-Dutch journalist, painter and writer. Schins was born in Venlo, Netherlands. She trained there as a children's librarian and headed the Central Children's Library in Nijmegen. She also worked in children and youth libraries in Hanover. Schins has been a freelance author, journalist and painter in Hamburg since 1974, working as a professor for creative writing in the Aesthetics and Communication course at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She has translated children's literature from Dutch. Marie-Thérèse Schins is co-founder of the Institute for Mourning Work at the Evangelical Hamburg Academy. For several years she has been building a network for disadvantaged children in India.