Jen Wang


Jennifer Sheena "Jen" Wang is an American cartoonist, writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles. Wang has published graphic books including Koko Be Good, In Real Life, and The Prince and the Dressmaker. Wang is a co-founder and organizer for Los Angeles-based comics festival Comic Arts LA. Jen's art work has been published in Adventure Time and LA Magazine.

Early life

Wang was born in Northern California. Wang's parents are immigrants from Taiwan. Wang was raised in the Bay Area of California. During high school, Wang was a manga reader.

Education

Wang graduated from San Francisco State University, first majoring in film, but she changed it to sociology.

Career

Wang started drawing webcomics Strings of Fate.
In 2010, Wang wrote her first graphic novel Koko Be Good.
In 2014, Wang became the co-founder and organizer of Comic Arts Los Angeles, which was held at the Think Tank Gallery in Los Angeles, California.
Wang is also the creator of a webcomic called The White Snake.

Awards and recognition

This is a partial list of books written or illustrated by Wang.
Wang lives in Los Angeles, California.