Nilah Magruder

Nilah Magruder is the co-author of Creaky Acres, a middle-grade graphic novel. She is also the author of M.F.K., a middle-grade graphic novel and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, and the picture books HOW TO FIND A FOX and WUTARYOO. She has published short stories in Fireside Magazine, FIYAH Magazine, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages, and Fiery Deeps. Nilah is the first Black woman to write for Marvel Comics, and she created the character Spider-Byte for Marvel’s Spider-Geddon event. She has also illustrated children’s books for Disney-Hyperion, Scholastic, and Penguin Random House. When she is not working, Nilah is baking, gardening, and herding her assortment of cats, dogs, and chickens.