“When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.”

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.