Jillian Tamaki

About the Author

About Jillian Tamaki

Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto. She is the co-creator along with her cousin Mariko Tamaki of the graphic novel Skim, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a Governor General's Award. Their second novel This One Summer was a New York Times bestseller that earned a Governor General's Award and a Caldecott honor. Tamaki's first collection of her own comics was the critically acclaimed bestseller and Eisner-winning SuperMutant Magic Academy.