KAMI GARCIA is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning young adult author of 19 novels and graphic novels, she has been published in 51 countries and 38 languages and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Kami’s best-known works include Beautiful Creatures, an ALA William C. Morris Award finalist, which was adapted as a feature film by Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment, starring Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, and Viola Davis; Teen Titans: Raven, the first book in her Teen Titans graphic novel series for DC, which won the inaugural ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Outstanding Graphic Novel Award and has sold over half a million copies; and the middle-grade graphic novel Mixed-Up, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee and TLA Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection. Kami is also the co-creator and writer of the Bram Stoker Award nominated adult comic Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanit for DC Black Label. Kami has an MA in education, and she was a teacher and reading specialist for seventeen years, before writing her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. She cofounded the Kid Lit book festival YALLFest, serves on the board of the sister festival YALLWEST, and remains dedicated to education. Learn more about Kami and her books at www.kamigarcia.com and follow her on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky @kamigarcia.
