Photos by Ariel Bissett
BIO
Brenna Thummler is the creator of the Sheets trilogy from Oni Press and Gumshoe from HarperAlley. These middle grade graphic novels encompass her entire personality of ghosts, the mail, and girls who try. In her spare time, she writes plays and musicals, performs in her girl band Brokefeller, reads, and makes soup. She is a recent graduate of the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, where she received her MA in 2026. Her cats Vinnie and Oona think she’s kinda cool.
For inquiries related to her books, please contact her literary agent Hannah Mann at Writers House: hmann@writershouse.com
Any other inquiries: brennathummler@gmail.com
AWARDS :
2015 Ringling Illustration Trustee Scholar
2015 Society of Illustrators Zankel Scholar
2018 Barnes & Noble Best Book (Sheets)
2021 Amazon Teacher’s Pick (Sheets)
2018/2021 Cybils Award Nominee (Anne of Green Gables/Delicates)
2021 ALA Best Graphic Novel for Children Nomination (Delicates)
2022 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens Award (Sheets)
2022 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award Finalist (Delicates)
2023 Erie Reader 40 Under 40
2024 Eisner Award Nominee (Lights)
2024 Ringo Award Nominee (Lights)
2026 Society of Illustrators Original Art Acceptance (Gumshoe)
PUBLICATIONS :
Anne of Green Gables, Andrews McMeel Universal 2017
Sheets, Lion Forge 2018
Delicates, Oni Press 2021
Sheets Deluxe Hardcover, Oni Press 2021
COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, Graphic Mundi 2021
Lights, Oni Press 2023
Delicates Deluxe Hardcover, Oni Press 2024
Lights Deluxe Hardcover, Oni Press 2025
Gumshoe, HarperAlley 2026
TBA original graphic novel, HarperAlley 2028
All work © Brenna Thummler. Do not use without her permission.