G. Willow Wilson

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G. Willow Wilson (2009)

Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, 1982 in New Jersey ) is an American author of fantasy , graphic novels and comics .

Life

Wilson studied at Boston University , where she converted to Islam , and lived in Cairo for several years . In 2007 she published her first graphic novel called Cairo , in which the fates of six people in Cairo are interwoven through a magical shisha . Her breakthrough came in 2008 with Air , which tells the story of a flight attendant named Blythe who is involved in the plans of a terrorist organization and who uncovered supernatural incidents. Air was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2009. In 2011 she wrote the book The Butterfly Mosque , in which she describes her conversion to Islam. In 2012, Wilson published her debut fantasy novel Alif the Unseen , in which an Arab hacker is drawn into a mythical dream world, and with which she won the World Fantasy Award straight away . Wilson has been writing a reinterpretation of the comic strip Ms. Marvel for Marvel Comics since 2014 : The main character is Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old American of Pakistani origin who unexpectedly comes to superpowers and brings her new talents, her happy- geeky attitude towards life and her Muslim beliefs into harmony want. For Ms. Marvel , Wilson received the Hugo Award and a second nomination for the Eisner Award.

Wilson is married to her husband Omar and has two daughters together.

Works (selection)

  • Cairo (graphic novel, 2007)
  • Air (graphic novel, 2008-10)
  • The Butterfly Mosque (non-fiction, 2011)
  • Alif the Unseen (Fantasy, 2012), German as Alif the Invisible (2018, Fischer Tor) ISBN 978-3-596-29936-2
  • Ms. Marvel (comic, since 2014)

Awards

  • World Fantasy Award (2013) for Alif the Unseen for best novel
  • Hugo Award (2015) in the Best Graphic Story category for Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal (with cartoonists Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt)
    • Nomination for the Eisner Award (2009) for Air
    • Nomination for the Eisner Award (2015) for Ms. Marvel

Web links

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  1. ↑ 2015 Hugo Awards , The Hugo Awards 2015
  2. ^ G. Willow Wilson - Woman of two worlds , The Star
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, G. Willow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Gwendolyn Willow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer of fantasy, graphic novels and comics
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey