17 Facts About Marguerite Bennett

Marguerite Bennett was born on 1988 and is an American comic book writer.

Marguerite Bennett has worked on Bombshells, Angela, Josie and the Pussycats, and her creator-owned books InSeXts and Animosity.

Marguerite Bennett's work has been recognised for her depiction of female relationships, and her representation of LGBTQ stories and characters earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award in 2016 and 2017.

Marguerite Bennett is one of the head writers for Ark: The Animated Series.

Marguerite Bennett was born October 21,1988, in Virginia, and graduated Maggie L Walker Governor's School in 2006, the University of Mary Washington in 2010, and Sarah Lawrence College, completing a two-year MFA writing program, where her work included working on prose, including children's literature and horror and left with a "couple of finished novels and a collection of short stories".

Marguerite Bennett has stated that Batwoman is her favorite DC character, Quasimodo is her favorite literary character, Belle is her favorite Disney character, and The Fall is her favorite movie.

At Marvel Comics, Marguerite Bennett completed single stories in the Amazing X-Men Annual, the Death of Wolverine series, and Nightcrawler.

Also tying in with that story, Marguerite Bennett wrote the five-issue limited series Years of Future Past with artist Mike Norton.

Marguerite Bennett said there was no validation or event as to how the women were in charge, but that "they were the best fit for these roles and demands of their world".

Marguerite Bennett explored traditional genres and mediums of the 1940s such as radio shows and propaganda films to provide a realistic history for the Bombshells franchise.

Marguerite Bennett reflects on this, saying "If you write stories that tell folks that queer people can live without shame, they just might grow up believing it".

Marguerite Bennett describes working on the character as a "literal dream come true", describing her as her favourite heroine.

Outside of Marvel and DC, Marguerite Bennett has worked on some well-known characters with other publishers.

For Dynamite Comics' 2015 "Sword of Sorrow" event, Marguerite Bennett wrote a three-issue series featuring Red Sonja and Jungle Girl.

Marguerite Bennett then wrote the first six-issue arc of Red Sonja in 2016, entitled "The Falcon Throne".

In 2024, Marguerite Bennett served as one of the head writers for Ark: The Animated Series and the writer for Top Cow's Witchblade relaunch.

InSeXts was launched by Aftershock Comics in 2015 and saw Marguerite Bennett collaborating with artist Ariela Kristantina.