Nate Powell

Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He began self-publishing at age 14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000.

 

His work includes March, the graphic novel autobiography of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis; Rick Riordan’s The Lost Hero, You Don't Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, and The Year Of The Beasts. His work has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, an Eisner Award, two Ignatz Awards, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels For Teens selections, a Best American Comics selection, and has been nominated for a total of eight Eisner Awards, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, three Harvey Awards, and a Glyph Comics Award.

 

Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations alongside some of the world’s foremost writers of young adult fiction, as well as on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN, with work spotlighted prominently on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. His books have been placed on school curriculum in over 40 states, and his animated illustrations in the Southern Poverty Law Center's Selma: The Bridge To The Ballot documentary will reach roughly one million students in 50,000 schools across the nation.

 

From 1999 to 2009, Powell worked full-time providing support for adults with developmental disabilities alongside his cartooning efforts. He managed underground record label Harlan Records for 16 years, and performed in punk bands Soophie Nun Squad and Universe. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

 

In addition to the March saga, Powell is currently writing and drawing his next book, Cover (slated for release in 2018), and drawing the forthcoming series Two Dead with writer Van Jensen for Dark Horse.

For more about Nate and his works, go to http://www.seemybrotherdance.org/