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Author and illustrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whitney Gardner is an author and illustrator from Victoria, British Columbia.[1] Her young adult novel You're Welcome Universe, which has an Indian, Deaf protagonist, was the winner of the 2018 Schneider Family Book Award. Her novel Chaotic Good was nominated for a 2019 White Pine Award.[2][3] Gardner is represented by Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management.[4] Her first graphic novel Fake Blood received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was called "a dazzling debut".[5]
Gardner grew up in New York. She has a BFA from SUNY Purchase in graphic design and worked as an art teacher and school librarian in the Bronx before moving to Portland, Oregon and then settling in Canada.[6][7][8] She is married and she and her husband have two pugs named Gouda and Fig.[9] She plays ukulele.[1]
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