March 2, 2019
Lucy Knisley ′09 has been a prolific cartoonist. Graduating from The Center for Cartoon Studies in 2009, she has published eight books in the last 10 years, most of them in the last 5:
- 2008—French Milk (Touchstone)
- 2013—Relish (First Second)
- 2014—An Age of License (Fantagraphics)
- 2015—Displacement (Fantagraphics)
- 2016—Something New (First Second)
- 2017—Margaret and the Moon (Knopf Books for Young Readers), illustrator
- 2018–Love, Penelope (Amulet Books), illustrator
- 2019—Kid Gloves (First Second)
- 2019—You Are New (children’s book)
She has received an ALA award and been nominated for an Eisner:
- American Library Association Alex Award winner: Relish
- Eisner Award nominee: Displacement
And her books have been on many distinguished “best of” lists:
- An AV Club Favorite Graphic Novel of 2015: Displacement
- Goodreads top book of 2013: Relish
- New York Times bestseller: Relish and Kid Gloves
- NPR Best Book of 2013: Relish
- Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013: Relish
- Vulture Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015: Displacement
Lucy has three more books coming soon:
- Go to Sleep (I Miss You) from First Second in 2020
- Stepping Stones from Random House in 2020
- New Kid from First Second sometime in the next decade.
Follow Lucy’s work online!: lucyknisley.com
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