Mariko Tamaki is the award
winning co-creator of the graphic novels This One Summer, with Jillian Tamaki,
and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. She
also writes about heroes, villains and mutants for Marvel and DC Comics and curates
the Abrams LGBTQ imprint Surely Books.
Photo by Shawnee Custalow