Avery Kaplan is the author of several books and a whole bunch of comic book articles. She was honored to serve as a judge for the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award. She lives in Southern California with her partner and a pile of cats, and her favorite place to visit is the cemetery. You can also find her writing on Comics Bookcase, NeoText, Shelfdust, the Mary Sue, StarTrek.com, in many issues of PanelxPanel, and in the margins of the books in her personal library.