Madeleine Rosca (born Madeleine Bensley; 1977) is an Australian artist and author. She also writes Rise from Ashes, a supernatural webcomic series.

Biography

She grew up in country Victoria and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from Monash University. She also received qualifications from Swinburne University (multimedia) and the University of Tasmania (information management). She currently resides in

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. Rosca is best known for her all-ages manga, Hollow Fields, which is published by

Seven Seas Entertainment Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California. It was originally dedicated to the publication of original English-language manga, but now publishes licensed manga and light novels from Japan, as w ...

. She was singled out for special mention in a November 2007 article in ''Wired'' on the history of manga in America.

Works

Rosca has published four volumes on her series Hollow Fields, and two volumes of the series called Clockwork Sky. She also worked on a webcomic named Rise from Ashes.

Awards

Rosca was one of four winners presented with Japan's inaugural "

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" for her work on Hollow Fields.

References

External links

Hollow Fields at Gomanga

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