Hope Larson : http://www.hopelarson.com/

Hope Raue Larson (born 17 September 1982) is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is graphic novels; she is regarded as one of the most promising young female cartoonists of the 2000s.

Larson is of German and Swedish descent. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she graduated with a BFA in 2004. She then moved to Toronto with her husband, Canadian Bryan Lee O’Malley. In 2005, they moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

As of 2008, Larson and O’Malley are living in Asheville, NC.