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Kayla Miller.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Kayla Miller: American author-illustrator of the Click graphic-novel series — observant, kind, unhurried middle-school friendship stories in the Telgemeier / Hale / Knisley tradition.

Kayla Miller is an American author-illustrator best known for the Click graphic-novel series, Click, Camp, Act, Clash, Crunch, following middle-schooler Olive through friendship dynamics, school plays, summer camps and the slow-motion social tectonics of being eleven. Miller's voice is observant, kind and unhurried, with a strong sense of how friendships actually shift at this age. The Click books are part of the cluster of contemporary middle-grade graphic novels, Telgemeier, Knisley, Craft, Hale, that has become one of the most important shelves of US children's publishing in the last decade. Strong appeal for ages 8–12, particularly children navigating friendship-group complexity.