Ryan North's recent work includes the nonfiction books
How To Take Over The World and
How To Invent Everything, the semi-fictional graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's
Slaughterhouse-Five, and the so-far-fictional
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series for Marvel. He's a multiple
New York Times bestseller whose work has been translated into 16 different languages to date, and as a linguist, he's very happy about that. He lives in Toronto, where he once
messed up walking his dog so badly it made the news.
Mariko Tamaki is a New York Times-bestselling Canadian writer of comics and prose. She is the co-creator of This One Summer, with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, with Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, both of which received Eisner Awards and Printz Honors. She also writes superhero stories for Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko lives in Oakland.
Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars: Phasma and the writer of the Blud series, the Hit series, Servants of the Storm, and the Shadow series, starting with Wake of Vultures and written as Lila Bowen, not to mention numerous short stories. With Kevin Hearne, she co-writes the Tales of Pell beginning with Kill the Farm Boy. She writes the creator-owned comics Sparrowhawk and Ladycastle and has written comics in the worlds of Adventure Time, Labyrinth, The X-Files Case Files, Star Wars Adventures, and Star Wars Forces of Destiny. She has won three RT Awards and has received stars from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, VOYA, and Library Journal. She lives in Florida with her family and is always online at whimsydark.com.
Comic illustrators
Shelli Paroline and
Braden Lamb form an Eisner Award–winning art team collaborating on the
Adventure Time comics,
Midas, One Day a Dot, and
Making Scents. Braden is the colorist for several
New York Times bestselling books, including
Guts and
The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels. Shelli is co-director of a local arts festival, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). Together, they share a passion for graphic storytelling for all ages. They are married and live in Salem, Massachusetts.
Comic illustrators
Shelli Paroline and
Braden Lamb form an Eisner Award–winning art team collaborating on the
Adventure Time comics,
Midas,
One Day a Dot and
Making Scents. Braden is the colorist for several
New York Times bestselling books, including
Guts and The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels. Shelli is co-director of a local arts festival, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). Together, they share a passion for graphic storytelling for all ages. They are married and live in Salem, Massachusetts.
Ian McGinty was an American comic book writer and artist. He was best known for his creator-owned comic
Welcome to Showside, as well as for his work on
Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and
Invader ZIM.
