Raina Telgemeier | |
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Born | Raina Diane Telgemeier May 26, 1977 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Notable works | Smile (2010) Drama (2012) Sisters (2014) Ghosts (2016) Guts (2019) |
Awards | Eisner: 2011 (Smile), 2015 (Sisters), 2017 (Ghosts), Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics: 2017 (Ghosts), Inkpot Award: 2023 |
Spouse(s) | |
goraina |
Raina Telgemeier (/ˈtɛlɡəˈmaɪər/,[1] May 26, 1977[2]) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller lists. She has also written and illustrated the graphic novels Ghosts and Guts as well as four graphic novels adapted from The Baby-Sitters Club stories by Ann M. Martin.