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Laura Gao is an award-winning author-illustrator, comics professor, and living proof that doodling in class can indeed get you somewhere in life (take that, Mrs. Dutton).
Their bestselling graphic memoir, Messy Roots, debuted on the Indies Bestsellers List in 2022. Their newest book, Kirby's Lessons on Falling (In Love), is out now!
Laura is agented by Brenda Bowen at The Book Group.
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Love letters, doodles, cat pics, hot takes, side quests, and business opportunities are also welcome.
Lookin’ fly since ‘96
Hey Ma, I made it!
“How a viral tweet turned into a queer coming-of-age graphic novel” - Input Mag
“A Doc About Wuhan's Lockdown Was 'Too Real' For My Wuhan-Born Dad. I'm Glad I Watched” - NPR
“How 3 Women From Wuhan Cope With COVID-19: Rap, Poetry And Mooncakes” - NPR
My book deal with HarperCollins - Publishers Weekly
“'The Wuhan I Know': A Comic About The City Behind The Coronavirus Headlines” - NPR
“Artist Illustrates What Her Hometown Of Wuhan Is Really Like” - Huffington Post
“The flight attendant meme is here to shame your career choice” - Mashable
“Students create 'anti-resumes' to normalize failure at Penn” - The Daily Pennsylvanian
“2018 Best & Brightest 50 Business Undergrads in the U.S.” - Poets and Quants, Forbes
“Penn students’ design to reach new heights aboard the ISS” - Penn Engineering
“The Signal is combatting pre–professionalism one card game at a time” - 34st Street
“Student Spotlight Q&A: Laptop decal designer and Wharton sophomore” - The Daily Pennsylvanian
