Meet Gabriela Rodriguez Epstein, author-illustrator of books including Invisible, Claudia and the New Girl, and Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye!
Gabriela (she/her) is a New York Times bestselling cartoonist originally from Philly and now based in Austin, Texas. She made two graphic novel adaptations of The Baby-Sitters Club series and co-created the bilingual graphic novel Invisible for Scholastic. She also wrote and illustrated the comic continuation of the Danny Phantom TV show for Abrams, Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time.
Gabriela studied painting at the PA Academy of Fine Arts before transferring to Rhode Island School of Design. She graduated in 2016 with a BFA in illustration and went to work in animation as a character designer. She made the leap into publishing in 2018 and has been cartooning ever since. When not drawing, she can be found playing and yelling about ice hockey. You can find Gabriela online @pichikui or gre-art.com
