Raina Telgemeier
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26 May 1977 San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
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Notable works
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Smile; Drama; Sisters |
| Awards | Eisner Award, 2011, 2015 |
| http://goraina.com | |
Raina Telgemeier (born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile (A Dental Drama), which was published by Scholastic Press's Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February 2010. That book, as well as the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama have all been on the New York Times Best Seller lists.
Telgemeier was born May 26, 1977, in San Francisco. She has two younger siblings Amara and Will Telgemeier (according to Smile and Sisters). In her pre-teen years, Telgemeier suffered a serious mouth injury that required several years of dental and orthodontic surgery (which is described in her 2010 graphic novel Smile). She was viciously teased by her friends, prompting her to partially withdraw into her love of drawing until she lost her patience with the abuse when they publicly humiliated her. She eventually found new friends of better character in high school who appreciated her artistic talent, increasing her confidence. With that encouragement, she studied illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts, and currently lives in San Francisco, California. Previously, she lived in Astoria, New York. She lists Jeff Smith, Lynn Johnston and Adrian Tomine among her influences.
Telgemeier's works include a series of self-published mini-comics called Take-Out, a short story in Bizarro World for DC Comics, a short story in Volume 4 of the Flight anthology, and four graphic novel adaptations of Ann M. Martin's The Baby-sitters Club series for Scholastic/Graphix: Kristy's Great Idea, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, and Claudia and Mean Janine.
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