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ND Stevenson.

Writer & illustrator · United States · b. 1991

ND Stevenson: American cartoonist behind Nimona (with Annapurna film adaptation) and Lumberjanes — bright, character-driven, inclusive YA graphic novels for ages 12+.

ND Stevenson is an American cartoonist born in 1991, best known to children's / YA readers as the creator of Nimona (2015), the Eisner-winning YA graphic novel about a shape-shifting sidekick and a queer villain, adapted to Annapurna animated film in 2023, and Lumberjanes (with Grace Ellis). Stevenson is also the showrunner of Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power reboot. His voice is bright, character-driven and inclusive, in the contemporary YA graphic-novel tradition. A core contemporary YA graphic-novel voice for ages 12+, particularly important to LGBTQ-inclusive shelves.