G. Willow Wilson

Biography

Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, 1982) is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her best-known prose works include the novels Alif the Unseen (2012) and The Bird King (2019). She is best known for relaunching the Ms. Marvel title for Marvel Comics starring a 16-year-old Muslim superhero named Kamala Khan. Her work is most often categorized as magical realism. Description above from the Wikipedia article G. Willow Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

• ★Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize — a Series · 2016
• ★World Fantasy Award — Best Novel · 2013
• ☆Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 2020 · nominated
• ☆Mythopoeic Fantasy Award — Adult Literature · 2020 · nominated
• ☆Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — Best Foreign Novel · 2014 · nominated