Terri Libenson
{{Short description|American cartoonist and author}}
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Terri Libenson (born 1970) is an American comic strip and children's book author known for her newspaper comic strip The Pajama Diaries which took the 70th Silver Reuben Award for best newspaper comic strip and for her graphic novels for young teenagers.
Life
Libenson was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1970.{{Cite web |title=Kingston cartoonist ends comic to try other projects |publisher=Access NEPA |url=https://accessnepa.com/featured/kingston-cartoonist-ends-comic-to-try-other-projects |access-date=2023-09-09 |language=en-US}}
Libenson wrote for the greeting card company American Greetings.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} She created The Pajama Diaries in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/positively-terri-the-voice-behind-the-comic-strip|title=Positively Terri- The Voice Behind The Comic Strip|website=clevelandmagazine.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/terri-libenson-s-comic-the-pajama-diaries-ending-after-14-years/article_6c2a6e9c-316e-11ea-a151-8f4e6886b7d4.amp.html|title=Terri Libenson's comic 'The Pajama Diaries' ending after 14 years |website=clevelandjewishnews.com}} She also wrote the graphic novel for children Invisible Emmie and later Positively Izzy.
In May 2016 Libenson won the 70th annual Silver Reuben Award for her newspaper comic strip, The Pajama Diaries, after voting by her fellow cartoonists at a ceremony in Memphis.{{Cite web |date=2016-05-31 |title=King Features Cartoonist Terri Libenson wins 'Best Newspaper Comic Strip' at NCS Reuben Awards Ceremony |url=https://kingfeatures.com/2016/05/king-features-cartoonist-terri-libenson-wins-best-newspaper-comic-strip-at-the-national-cartoonists-societys-70th-annual-reuben-awards-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |publisher=King Features Syndicate |language=en-US}}
She stopped writing her main cartoon in 2019 to write children's books.{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/89219-q-a-with-terri-libenson.html|title=Q & A with Terri Libenson |first=Brigid|last=Alverson |website=Publishers Weekly}} She has written a series of books known as "Emmie and Friends" aimed at 12-14 year olds. Each of the books feature one of the Lakefront Middle School students who also appears as co-stars in the other books. The early characters were girls but Tyler gets a look-in in a later book where his problems are solved by Emmie - at the cost of her own friendships.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Barbara |title=Book Talk: 'Hot and Sour Suspects' a tasty murder mystery |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2022/05/01/book-talk-looks-hot-and-sour-suspects-and-truly-tyler-cleveland-authors/7449464001/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Akron Beacon Journal |language=en-US}}
In 2020 her book Becoming Brianna was chosen as one of the youth graphic novels that defined the year by The Washington Post.{{Cite news |last=Cavna |first=Michael |date=2020-11-19 |title=2020 graphic novels and comic books: Five trends that defined the year |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/2020-graphic-novels/2020/11/16/f8c1c876-242c-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |issn=0190-8286}}
Publications
- Invisible Emmie (2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/book-review-middle-school-graphically-defined-in-invisible-emmie|title=BOOK REVIEW: Middle school graphically defined in 'Invisible Emmie'|date=December 11, 2017|website=Mitchell Republic}}
- Positively Izzy (2018)
- Just Jaime (2019){{Cite news |last=Barron |first=Christina |date=2021-07-19 |title=KidsPost Summer Book Club: 'Just Jaime' by Terri Libenson |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/kidspost-summer-book-club-just-jaime-by-terri-libenson/2021/07/13/5d538172-c3e6-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |issn=0190-8286}}
- Becoming Brianna (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2021/01/03/becoming-brianna-new-middle-grade-graphic-novel/4089142001/|title=Book Talk: 'Becoming Brianna' fourth in 'Emmie and Friends' series of graphic novels|first=Barbara|last=McIntyre|website=Akron Beacon Journal}}
- You-Niquely You: An Emmie & Friends Interactive Journal (2020){{Cite book |last=Libenson |first=Terri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_j0vzQEACAAJ&q=You-niquely+You:+An+Emmie+%26+Friends+Interactive+Journal |title=You-Niquely You: an Emmie and Friends Interactive Journal |date=2020-09-29 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=978-0-06-299838-5 |language=en}}
- Truly Tyler (2021){{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19322448.art-sport-doesnt-always-simply-one/|title=Art or sport? It doesn't always have to be simply one or the other|date=May 23, 2021|website=The National}}
- Remarkably Ruby{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgun9.com/the-morning-blend/remarkably-ruby-theres-more-to-everyone-than-meets-the-eye|title=Remarkably Ruby: There's more to everyone than meets the eye|date=May 11, 2022|publisher=KGUN-TV |location=Tucson, Ariz.}}
- Surprisingly Sarah (2023)
- Always Anthony (2024)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.terrilibenson.com}}
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Category:People from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Category:American comic strip cartoonists
Category:American women comic strip cartoonists
Category:American female comics writers
Category:American female comics artists
Category:American graphic novelists
Category:American children's writers
Category:American children's book illustrators