“Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me.”

American comics writer, prose author, and essayist

Gwendolyn Willow Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her work is most often described as magical realism, and she is best known for writing across comics and prose. Wilson writes in several forms, moving between graphic storytelling, fiction, and essays. Her work is associated with magical realism, a mode that blends everyday life with elements that feel unreal or extraordinary.