Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist, born in San Francisco in 1977, known for her graphic memoirs and novels for young readers. After adapting four Baby-Sitters Club novels into comics (2006-2008), she published Smile (2010), followed by Drama (2012), Sisters (2014), Ghosts (2016) and Guts (2019), books widely credited with creating the market for middle-grade graphic memoir. In 2025 she co-created The Cartoonists Club with Scott McCloud. Her work has won several Eisner Awards and a Stonewall Book Award.
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Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist, born in San Francisco in 1977, known for her graphic memoirs and novels for young readers. After adapting four Baby-Sitters Club novels into comics (2006-2008), she published Smile (2010), followed by Drama (2012), Sisters (2014), Ghosts (2016) and Guts (2019), books widely credited with creating the market for middle-grade graphic memoir. In 2025 she co-created The Cartoonists Club with Scott McCloud. Her work has won several Eisner Awards and a Stonewall Book Award.
