Gail Simone

Gail Simone
Simone at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 9, 2010.
Born	(1974-07-29) July 29, 1974 (age 42) Oregon
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Critic
Notable works	Birds of Prey Secret Six Welcome to Tranquility Wonder Woman Red Sonja Batgirl

Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, Deadpool, and Wonder Woman.

In 2011, she became the writer for Batgirl. Though fired from Batgirl in December 2012 by the title's incoming editor, Brian Cunningham, she was rehired on December 21 after DC received backlash from fans.

She became the writer for a new Red Sonja series in 2013 with Dynamite Entertainment.

A former hairdresser who had studied theater in college, Simone first came to fan attention through Women in Refrigerators, a website founded in 1999 by a small group of comics fans, including Simone, in response to a scene in Green Lantern #54, in which the titular hero's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, was murdered and her corpse shoved in a refrigerator for the hero to find. The site was dedicated to identifying female superheroes who had been killed, raped, or otherwise suffered traumatic indignities as a plot device for a male character. The site brought her into contact with many people working in the comics industry. Her column You'll All Be Sorry! appeared weekly on Comic Book Resources. Topics ranged from short, satirical summaries of comic books ("Condensed Comic Classics") to fan fiction parodies.