Ellen Forney
Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968) is a cartoonist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington, whose work has been published by Fantagraphics Books and The Stranger (an alternative newspaper), among other publications.[1][2][3] She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts.
In 2007, Forney's I Love Led Zeppelin was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Award as Best Reality-Based Comic.[4] She illustrated Sherman Alexie's novel for young adults entitled The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which won the National Book Award in 2007.[5][6][7]
Forney's book Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir[8] was published by Penguin Books (imprint Gotham Books) in November 2012.[9][10] Fantagraphics distributed her previous autobiography, I Was Seven in '75,[11] in 2001. Amongst other work in Forney's career, her collection called Lust was published in 2008.[12]
Forney received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, where she majored in psychology.[2]
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Awards
- 2013 National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis "Gradiva" winner in Art for Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir[13]
- 2012 Stranger Genius Award winner for Literature [14]
- 1997 Xeric Foundation[15]
See also
References
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- ↑ The Bipolar Cartoonist: Ellen Forney’s ‘Marbles’, Publishers Weekly. By Grace Bello. November 05, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ↑ David Low, Forney ’89 Writes Graphic Novel on Bipolar Disorder, The Wesleyan Connection (Wesleyan University), 2012-11-15. Accessed 2012-11-17.
- ↑ I Was Seven in '75, Ellen Forney, Fantagraphics, 2001.
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- ↑ National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 2013 "Gradiva" Awards, naap.org. Accessed online 2014-03-04.
- ↑ The Stranger Genius Awards: The Event, thestranger.com. Accessed online 2012-11-21.
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- Ellen Forney at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalog records
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