Alisa Kwitney
| Alisa Kwitney | |
|---|---|
 Kwitney at the 2012 New York Comic Con. | |
| Born | New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Alisa Kwitney is a writer of comedic romance novels and graphic novels.
Early life
Kwitney grew up in New York City, on Manhattan's Upper West Side,[1] the daughter of science fiction author Robert Sheckley.
Career
Alisa Kwitney has a BA in English from Wesleyan University, where she received the Horgan Writing Prize for Fiction, and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, where she received a scholarship of merit. Kwitney was an editor for Vertigo Comics. Her master's thesis, was published by Harper-Collins as her first novel, Till The Fat Lady Sings, in 1991. She is currently the editor for Liminal Comics at Brain Mill Press. [2]
Personal life
Kwitney lives in an old farmhouse two hours from Manhattan with her husband and two children.[1]
Bibliography
Novels
- Till The Fat Lady Sings (1991) ISBN 0-06-019021-3
- The Dominant Blonde published by Avon Books in June, 2002 ISBN 0-06-008329-8
- Does She or Doesn't She? published by Avon Books in June, 2003 ISBN 0-06-051237-7
- On the Couch published (paperback) by HarperCollins, July 1, 2004 ISBN 0-06-053079-0
- Sex as a Second Language: A Novel published by Atria Books, April 25, 2006 978-0-74326890-5
- Flirting in Cars published by Atria Books, August, 2007, 978-0-7432-6897-4
- The Better to Hold You (as Alisa Sheckley) by Ballantine Books, 2009, 978-0-345-50587-3
- Moonburn (as Alisa Sheckley) by Ballantine Books, 2009, 978-0-345-50588-0
- New Avengers: Breakout(adapted from the graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch) Marvel, 2013, 978-0-7851-6517-0
Graphic novels
- The Dreaming: Beyond The Shores of Night (editor and contributing author) DC Comics, (1998) 1-56389-393-2
- Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold (Nominated for Best Limited Series Eisner Award) (March 2000) ISBN 1-56389-505-6
- Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger (October 2003) ISBN 0-8230-5603-1
- Sandman: King of Dreams (November 2003) ISBN 0-8118-3592-8
- Token (November 2008) ISBN 1-4012-1538-6
- A Flight of Angels (Contributing author) by Vertigo/DC Comics (2011) 978-1-4012-2147-8
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 3 (Contributing author) by DC Comics (2012) 978-1-4012-3456-0
Non-Fiction
- Child of Mine (Contributing author) (1997) ISBN 0-7868-6233-5
- Vertigo Visions: Artwork from the Cutting Edge of Comics (2000) (Nominated for Locus Best Art Book) 0-8230-5603-1
- The Sandman: King of Dreams (2003) 0-8118-3592-8
See also
References
- 1 2 "Alisa Kwitney: From the Author". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Staff | Brain Mill Press". www.brainmillpress.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
External links
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- Official website
- Alisa Kwitney at the Comic Book DB
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