Ariella Elovic

Hey there! I’m Ariella, an NYC-based illustrator and founder of @thecheekyblog: an online platform through which I seek to combat the shame so many of us feel in relation to our bodies. My work has been featured in The New Yorker, Teen Vogue, Alma, and Buzzfeed. My graphic memoir CHEEKY is available where most books are sold.

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Debra Dean is the bestselling author of four critically acclaimed books that have been published in twenty-two languages. Her debut novel, THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. Her newest book is HIDDEN TAPESTRY: JAN YOORS, HIS TWO WIVES, AND THE WAR THAT MADE THEM ONE.

A native of Seattle, Debra lives in Miami and teaches at Florida International University. She loves to talk with book groups. You can find her at https://www.debradean.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/debradeanauthor.

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R. Kikuo Johnson grew up in Hawaii on the island of Maui. For generations, native Hawaiians have told tales of the shape-shifting shark god Kamohaoali'i; The Shark King is the artist's version of one such tale about the insatiable appetite of Kamohoali'i's son, Nanaue. Kikuo's 2005 graphic novel Night Fisher - also set in Hawaii - earned him both a Harvey Award and the Russ Manning Award for best new cartoonist. He spent his childhood exploring the rocky shore at low tide in front of his grandmother's house and diving with his older brother. Since moving to the mainland, Kikuo has discovered the joys of swimming in fresh water and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he enjoys cooking, playing his ukulele, and riding his bike all ov
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Brigitte Findakly

Writer and colourist, Brigitte Findakly was born in Mosul, Iraq, in 1959 and lived there until 1973. Findakly has worked as a colorist since 1982, with work for Disney and Spirou. She also colored a number of graphic novels including "The Rabbi's Cat," "The Spiffy Adventures of McConey," and "Ralph Azham."
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Lucy Knisley

Beginning with an love for Archie comics and Calvin and Hobbes, Lucy Knisley (pronounced "nigh-zlee") has always thought of cartooning as the only profession she is suited for. A New York City kid raised by a family of foodies, Lucy is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago currently pursuing an MFA at the Center for Cartoon Studies. While completing her BFA at the School of the Art Institute, she was comics editor for the award-winning student publication F News Magazine.

Lucy currently resides in New York City where she makes comics. She likes books, sewing, bicycles, food you can eat with a spoon, manatees, nice pens, costumes, baking and Oscar Wilde. She occasionally has been known to wear amazing hats.

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Darryl Cunningham

British Artist Darryl Cunningham is the creator of the web-comics, 'Super-Sam and John-of-the-Night' and 'The Streets of San Diablo'. Darryl's work can also be found at his blog and flickr page. His book Psychiatric Tales has been published by Blank Slate in the UK and by Bloomsbury in the US.
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Beth Hetland

Beth Hetland is an American cartoonist, illustrator and educator.
Hetland studied fine arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2009) and comics at The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont (MFA 2011). She is now back at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as an adjoint Professor, where she mostly lectures about cartooning and comics writing.
After self-publishing comics for years, her first major graphic novel, the psychological horror Tender, was published in 2024 by Fantagraphics.
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Margaret Kimball

Margaret Kimball is the author of the illustrated memoir, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets (HarperCollins, 2021). She lives with her family in Indianapolis.
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Lee Lai

Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (known as Montreal, Quebec).
She has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeneys and The New York Times, and was recently named one of the 5 under 35 honorees by the National Book Foundation. Her first graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was released last year with Fantagraphics, Sarbacane, Coconino and other publishers. Mostly, she writes about people eating, talking, and making questionable decisions.
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Kim Hyun Sook

Kim Hyun Sook was born in Changwon, South Korea. She became a member of a banned book club in the 1980s while studying English Language and Literature. She has co-written comics for websites including The Nib and Oh Joy Sex Toy and she translated Lady Rainicorn's dialogue for Adventure Time comics. She now runs a new banned book club in Busan, where she lives with her husband and her cat, Dog Baby.
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Erin Williams

Erin Williams is a writer and illustrator from New York. She also works full-time as an Oncology Data Specialist for Flatiron Health.

She is the coauthor and illustrator of The Big Fat Activity Book for Pregnant People with Jordan Reid, published by Plume.

Her writing has also appeared on Salon, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Scary Mommy, Bustle, Ramshackle Glam, Sammiches and Psych Meds, and Pregnant Chicken.

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Alex Graudins

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Elisa Macellari

Elisa Macellari is a Thai-Italian illustrator. Her clients include The New York Times, Corriere della Sera, Mondadori, Feltrinelli, and Nobrow Press. Her first graphic novel, Papaya Salad (2018), has been published in Italian, French, Spanish and English.
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Eleanor Crewes

Eleanor Crewes is a graphic novelist who specialises in queer autofiction. Her debut graphic novel, The Times I Knew I Was Gay, was published in the UK by Virago and in the US by Scribner in 2020, and was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post and The Guardian. Her second graphic novel Lilla the Accidental Witch was published by Little, Brown Young Readers in 2021. She lives in London with her partner T and enjoys cooking her mother's Italian recipes.
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Susan MacLeod

Susan MacLeod is an artist writing about the world of long-term care. Her illustrations have been published by Kaiser Permanente, Halifax Magazine, and The Globe & Mail, as well as for countless commissions. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from NSCAD University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Non-Fiction from the University of King's College. She still misses her mother.
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N.D. Stevenson

ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out, the co-creator of Lumberjanes, and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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