1. Raina Telgemeier's 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.
Raina Telgemeier has 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.
Raina Diane Telgemeier was born on May 26,1977, in San Francisco, California, and grew up there.
Raina Telgemeier studied illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts; she graduated in 2002.
Raina Telgemeier produced seven mini-comics issues in the Take-Out series between 2002 and 2005.
In 2004, Raina Telgemeier joined Girlamatic, a subscription-based webcomics site dedicated to female writers.
Raina Telgemeier has said that the disciplined structure and schedule of publishing a weekly webcomic encouraged her to develop the autobiographical story Smile.
At that year's San Diego Comic-Con, Raina Telgemeier met that editor's boss, who invited her to pitch an idea for Scholastic.
In 2009, Del Rey Manga released the graphic novel X-Men: Misfits, which Raina Telgemeier co-wrote with her then-husband, Dave Roman.
In February 2010, Raina Telgemeier released a print graphic novel version of her webcomic Smile.
Raina Telgemeier followed Smile with several original graphic novels, all of which have made a New York Times Bestseller List:.
In 2023, Raina Telgemeier announced she had finished pencilling her next, untitled graphic novel, though would not be inking the pages as with previous books.
Raina Telgemeier's work has won several awards and nominations, including five Eisner Awards, and has been included on many lists of recommended books.
In 2017, Raina Telgemeier was named the "Most Important Comics Creator" by Comics Worth Reading, which cited her BookScan numbers, copies sold, and influence on the modern comics market as reasons why.
Raina Telgemeier was married to fellow cartoonist Dave Roman; they married in 2006 but they filed for divorce in 2015.