Carolyn Nowak graduated from the University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design in 2011. She likes to make illustrations—medical, technical and otherwise—and loves making comics. She’s previously worked with Cartoon Network, Boom Studios, Spry Publishing, Z2 Comics, and others. She lives in Ann Arbor.

Aside from the award-winning solo comics collected in Girl Town, Nowak has drawn twelve issues of Lumberjanes and is preparing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer middle-grade book, New School Nightmare.