Meet the author

Bree Paulsen.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Bree Paulsen: American cartoonist behind the Garlic graphic-novel series — gentle, cosy fantasy comics about an anxious garlic-bulb protagonist for ages 7–11.

Bree Paulsen is an American cartoonist best known for the Garlic graphic-novel series (Garlic and the Vampire, Garlic and the Witch), gentle, cosy fantasy comics about a small anxious anthropomorphic garlic bulb navigating witchcraft, vampires and self-confidence in a Studio-Ghibli-flavoured village setting. Paulsen's style is soft, warm, character-driven, in the cosy-fantasy middle-grade graphic-novel tradition alongside K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society. The Garlic books are a reliable shelf for sensitive readers who want fantasy without peril. Strong appeal for ages 7–11.