Description
Author: Nicole Maines
Publisher: DC Comics
Published: 12/10/2024
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781779527615
ISBN10: 1779527616
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes (see also Fiction | Superheroes)
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Supervillains
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction | General
About the Author
Nicole Maines is an actress, activist, and writer paving the way for LGBTQ+ youth on and off the screen. Maines's breakout role came on The CW's Supergirl, where she starred as Nia Nal, a.k.a. Dreamer, making her TV's first transgender Super Hero. She wrote Dreamer's comic book debut in DC's 2021 Pride anthology and has since gone on to pen numerous other comics for DC, including Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 with Tom Taylor, Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1, Harley Quinn, and DC's upcoming Dreamer YA graphic novel. Maines has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and was a Variety Power of Young Hollywood and Power of Pride honoree. She was also a 2020 Human Rights Campaign Upstander Award honoree for her activism and continues to be a tireless champion for trans rights. Her biography, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family, was a Stonewall Honor Book in nonfiction, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for transgender nonfiction, and a New York Times bestseller.