Jennie Wood is a multi-award-winning author, animal rescue volunteer and musician. They created the critically acclaimed, award-winning Flutter graphic novel series. Featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and on Law & Order: SVU, Flutter was named one of the best LGBTQ graphic novels of 2013 and 2015 by The Advocate. In November 2018, Dark Horse Comics published The Flutter Collection, all three volumes combined into one book. That collection won the Next Generation Indie Book award for best graphic novel.

 

Jennie is also the author of the YA novel, A Boy Like Me, which was a Next Generation Indie Book awards finalist, an INDIEFAB Book of the Year finalist, and one of Foreword Reviews’ 10 Best Indie YA novels for 2014. Information on the 10th anniversary edition of A Boy Like Me can be found here.

 

Their work can be seen in several anthologies, including The New York Times best-selling, award-winning FUBAR anthologies, The New York Times best-selling and Eisner award-winning anthology Love is Love, the Harvey-nominated 27, A Comic Anthology, and John Carpenter’s Tales for a HalloweeNight.

Jennie lives in Boston with their partner Natalie and rescue dog Moxie. Along with their writing and animal rescue work, Jennie also serves as the Associate Director of Stewardship and Communications at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, an independent research center founded in 1780 during the American Revolution.

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Jennie’s latest graphic novel, Paper Planes, was published on August 22, 2023 by Maverick, Mad Cave Studios’ young adult imprint. The book is the story of two inseparable grade school friends sent to a summer camp for troubled kids in the aftermath of a tragic event that threatens their friendship. You can find out more info about Paper Planes here.

 

Jennie is one of several comic writers and artists who donated their work to LA STRONG, an anthology published by Mad Cave. Available March 19, 2025, 100% of the proceeds will go to those affected by the LA wildfires.

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