Tessa Hulls
Tessa Hulls (born 1984 [1]) is an American graphic novelist, painter, journalist, illustrator, and writer.[2] She won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and National Books Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for her book, Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir.[3][4]
Life
[edit]Hulls grew up in Northern California.[5] She graduated from Reed College with an art degree and her senior these focused on aesthetics of community and rebellion.[6] She was a member of the Seattle CHOP protest group.[7]
Hulls is an active traveller, who has adapted some of her voyages into comic journals. [8] In 2023, she published her autobiographical graphic novel Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, about the troubled lives of her Chinese-American grandmother, mother and herself. [9]
She traveled in China with her mother. In 2024, she moved to Juneau, Alaska. [10]
Works
[edit]- Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir (2023) ISBN 9780374601652
References
[edit]- ^ "Tessa Hulls".
- ^ Ito, Robert (2024-03-01). "A Writer's To-Do List: Learn History. Learn Chinese. Learn to Draw Comics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Alaska-based author and artist Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Kitamura, Katie. "Shelf Awareness for Friday, March 21, 2025". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Brooks, James (2025-05-06). "From Alaska Capitol's cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize". Alaska Beacon. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Reed College Art Students, Tessa Hulls".
- ^ Vansynghel &, Margo; Flores, Agueda Pacheco; Edwards, Dorothy. "Meet the citizen journalists inside Seattle's CHOP | Cascade PBS". www.cascadepbs.org. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Tessa Hulls".
- ^ "Tessa Hulls".
- ^ Sabbatini, Mark (2025-05-04). "Juneau author Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
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