Lucy Knisley ′09 — Keeping Score

March 2, 2019

Lucy Knisley ′09 has been a prolific cartoonist. Graduating from The Center for Cartoon Studies in 2009, she has published eight books in the last 10 years, most of them in the last 5:

Cover of Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley

Cover of Relish by Lucy Knisley

She has received an ALA award and been nominated for an Eisner:

  • American Library Association Alex Award winner: Relish
  • Eisner Award nominee: Displacement

And her books have been on many distinguished “best of” lists:

  • An AV Club Favorite Graphic Novel of 2015: Displacement
  • Goodreads top book of 2013: Relish
  • New York Times bestseller: Relish and Kid Gloves
  • NPR Best Book of 2013: Relish 
  • Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013: Relish
  • Vulture Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015: Displacement

Lucy has three more books coming soon:

  • Go to Sleep (I Miss You) from First Second in 2020
  • Stepping Stones from Random House in 2020
  • New Kid from First Second sometime in the next decade.

Follow Lucy’s work online!: lucyknisley.com

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