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Raina Telgemeier

Nascido: May 26, 1977 – San Francisco, California, United States

Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist and children’s graphic novelist whose work centers on adolescence, family, friendship, and school life. She is best known for Smile, Sisters, Drama, Ghosts, and Guts, as well as adaptations of The Baby-Sitters Club, and has won multiple Eisner Awards and widespread bestseller status.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Raina Telgemeier was born in San Francisco in 1977 and grew up there, reading newspaper comic strips as a child and making her own comics soon afterward. She has said that keeping a diary in words and pictures from about age eleven gave her an early habit of turning ordinary life into narrative. After moving to New York, she studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts, graduating in 2002. Those years helped sharpen the clear, expressive drawing style and readable page design that later became central to her work for young readers.

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I didn’t discover comic strips until I was 9 years old
-The (Comic) Art of Storytelling
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I love tackling tricky subjects with humor
-Five questions for Raina Telgemeier
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I think kids are capable of handling so much weight
-Free Spirits: Raina Telgemeier on Ghosts
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I’ve been a comics fan out here since I was a kid
-BEA : Raina Telgemeier: Ghosts and Coasts
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My agenda is love and friendship
-Interview: Raina Telgemeier on Drama
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Readers respond to honest, personal storytelling
-Scholastic Graphix Announces New Publishing
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I did keep journals as a kid. In fact, I kept a comics journal
-Raina Telgemeier: An illustrated life
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And I think after you read Understanding Comics you feel smarter. You feel empowered
-Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud Talk with Roger
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I drew and wrote in my diary every day
-Cartoons Meet Creativity
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So it’s super important to read books, because it can help you feel less alone
-Reading Like a Writer

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Vozes da Comunidade

"Raina Telgemeier is the reigning queen of comics"

The A.V. Club

"Telgemeier’s realistic, sometimes autobiographical books have helped popularize graphic novels for middle-schoolers, in a big way"

The New Yorker

"Telgemeier's bold colors, superior visual storytelling, and unusual subject matter will keep readers emotionally engaged"

Kirkus Reviews

"Raina Telgemeier became a hero to millions of readers by showing how uncomfortable growing up can be"

The Washington Post

"Raina Telgemeier's characters fizz with visual energy"

The New York Times Book Review

"Telgemeier nudges readers toward the edge of their comfort zone, but she never leaves them alone there"

Publishers Weekly

"Raina Telgemeier is a book-publishing phenomenon"

The Beat

"Telgemeier is prodigiously talented at telling cheerful stories with realistic portrayals of middle-school characters"

Booklist

"Raina Telgemeier is the most important comic creator of the current age"

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