Ali Fitzgerald is an American comic author, journalist and artist. She is a regular contributor to ''

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.'' In 2018, she published '' Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe'', a graphic non-fiction book about the diverse experiences of exile in Berlin, with

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. It was listed as one of the best comics of 2018 by

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and won the Independent Publisher's Gold award for best graphic book of 2019.

Biography

Ali Fitzgerald was born in 1983 in

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, California. She studied art and creative writing at

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(2000–2004), where she drew regularly for the college newspaper, The Davidsonian. She attended a residency at

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, before going to

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(2004–2007), where she got an MFA in painting. She moved to

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, Germany, in 2009, where she wrote for Art21. In 2020, she attended a comic-artist residency at the Maison des Auteurs in

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, France.

Works

* '' Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe'', Fantagraphics, 2018. * ''Réfugiés à Berlin'', Editions Presque-Lune, 2019. * "Hungover Bear and Friends," ''

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'', 2013–2016. * "Bermuda Square," ''The Cut'', 2016–2017. * "America!" ''

'', since 2018. * "The Museum of Purgatory," ''

'', December 21, 2020. * "Vanishing Panels: The secret history of Patricia Highsmith’s career in comics," ''

'', December 18, 2023.

References

External links

Ali Fitzgerald's website

Interview with Ali Fitzgerald
by Allyson McCabe, ''The Rumpus'', November 5, 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Ali Living people American female comics writers American female comics artists Year of birth missing (living people)