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 and 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award and the 2021 Prism Awards. 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 Geek Girl Authority, 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.