G willow wilson biography

G. Willow Wilson

Biography

Willow Wilson is writer, author, essayist, and journalist. She is known for writing the Hugo Award-winning comic book series Ms Marvel for Marvel comics. She spent the early years of her career in Egypt, writing the graphic novel Cairo. Her comic series Air was nominated for the Eisner Award. Her debut novel, Alif the Unseen, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel , she wrote a memoir called The Butterfly Mosque about love, Islam and life in Egypt during the waning years of the Mubarak regime. She has also written graphic novels and comic book series for DC Comics and its literary imprint, Vertigo, and helped launch the ongoing series A-Force for Marvel Comics. In , she received a special commendation for innovation in graphic literature at the PEN Center USA Literary Awards. She has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and the National Post.Photo Credit:

Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, ), known professionally as G. Willow Wilson, is an American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist. She lived in Egypt during her early twenties; her first graphic novel, Cairo (Vertigo, ), was based there and was listed as a top graphic novel for teens by both the American Library Association and the School Library Journal. Her comic series Air was nominated for the Eisner Award, and her first novel, Alif the Unseen, won the World Fantasy Award.

Wilson is herself Muslim, and writes Ms. Marvel, a comic series starring a year-old Muslim shapeshifter superhero named Kamala Khan.

Her debut novel Alif the Unseen (Grove/Atlantic) won the World Fantasy Award for best novel.

In , Marvel debuted a new Ms. Marvel series written by Wilson. The book stars Kamala Khan, a Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, New Jersey, who takes up the mantle after the previous Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, took up the name Captain Marvel.

G. Willow Wilson is perhaps most known for creating Kamala Khan in her relaunch of the Ms. Marvel comic book series, but her writing tackles many forms and subjects. Her debut novel, Alif the Unseen, garnered a World Fantasy Award, and she earned a Hugo Award and American Book Award for her work on Ms. Marvel. Her novel, The Bird King, was published to much acclaim. In addition to her memoir, The Butterfly Mosque, Wilson has written for Sandman, X-Men, and Wonder Woman, among others.  She visited Butler University in fall and sat down with Booth to discuss her creation of Khan, as well as her own conversion to Muslim, and her time in Egypt.

Jeff Marvel: I saw that you were born in New Jersey. I’m also from the northeast originally, and being from a place and then leaving is an interesting thing for me in terms of trying to consider where I’m from. Where would you say you’re from? I know you’ve been all over the place.

G. Willow Wilson: Where I’m from, yeah . . . 

JM: Yes, as a person, as a writer . . . 

GWW: It’s interesting you should say that, because I’m not entirely sure how to answer that quest

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