Nilah Magruder, an artist based in Western Maryland, on deadlines

Graphic Novel Production Schedules Are Too Short—and the Publishing Industry Should Care About It

by Nilah Magruder

December 20, 2021

Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021.

https://www.sfwa.org/2021/12/20/graphic-novel-production-schedules

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Nilah Magruder is an artist based in Western Maryland. She is the author of M.F.K., a middle-grade graphic novel and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, and How To Find a Fox, a picture book. She has published short stories in Fireside Magazine and the All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages anthology. Nilah has also written for Marvel Comics, illustrated children's books for Disney- Hyperion, Scholastic, and Penguin, and worked as a writer and storyboard artist in television animation. She is currently writing and illustrating three graphic novels. When she is not working, Nilah is watching movies, baking, and snuggling with her cat, dog, and turtle.