Hope Larson grew up in Asheville, N.C., and holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Newbery Medal–winning A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle, Larson has adapted and illustrated the story in a graphic novel format. The creator of four original graphic novels of her own, Larson is the recipient of a 2006 Ignatz Award and a 2007 Eisner Award. Her friend John Marz designed a custom typeface for her called Times New Larson, featured in A Wrinkle in Time (Margaret Ferguson/FSG) and in her responses below. She lives with her husband, Bryan Lee O’Malley, in Los Angeles.
On your nightstand now:
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean.
Favorite book when you were a child:
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
Book you've faked reading:
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Book you're an evangelist for:
Walt and Skeezix by Frank King
Book you most want to read again for the first time:
Light by M. John Harrison
