Katie Schenkel

Katie Schenkel writes middle grade and YA comics and wants to be Batgirl when she grows up. She co-wrote the award-winning graphic novel The Cardboard Kingdom, which has earned multiple starred reviews including from Kirkus and the School Library Journal. The sequel, The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast, comes out June 2021.

Her werewolf comic Moonlighters was chosen to be one of the featured series for Halloween ComicFest 2017.

Katie has written several books for Capstone Publishing, including My Slime is Alive! and Alice, Secret Agent of Wonderland.

Katie lives in Chicago with her partner Madison.