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Sam Maggs
Sam Maggs (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian-American author of books, comics and video games, and is known especially for her work on The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy, Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, and Rick and Morty: Ever After.
Maggs was born in London, Ontario, Canada. She credits her parents with her love of "geeky fandom", telling the Calgary Herald that "[My] parents were both really big nerds who saw Star Wars over 20 times in theatres." She received her formative education at the Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts and London Central Secondary School.
She received her BA in English language and literature and film studies from the University of Western Ontario in 2010, where she studied Victorian literature and sensation fiction. In the fall of 2016, she appeared on the cover of the Alumni Gazette.
Along with her BA, Maggs holds an MA in literatures of modernity from Ryerson University, completed in 2011.
Maggs began her writing career as the weekend editor of the Abrams Media site Geekosystem, which was eventually consolidated into the feminist-leaning geek culture commentary site The Mary Sue. Following this merger, she took on an associate editor role.
As an entertainment journalist, Maggs has also contributed to io9, Tor.com, Time Out London, National Post, Marie Claire, The Guardian, PC Gamer, BuzzFeed, and Barnes & Noble.
While at The Mary Sue, Maggs sold her first book, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy, to Quirk Books. It was published in 2015. A second edition, titled the Fangirl's Guide to the Universe and featuring updated text and new illustrations, was released October 27, 2020. A companion guided journal, The Fangirl's Journal for Leveling Up: Conquer Your Life Through Fandoms, came out on the same day.
Maggs followed up her debut with Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors and Trailblazers Who Changed History, also from Quirk Books, in 2016. Dubbed "extraordinary" by Entertainment Weekly, the book shares the histories of notable women in the STEM fields, adventure, and espionage. In 2018, she published Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History with Quirk Books, which Booklist referred to as "impressively researched and fascinating". Both publications reflect Maggs' desire to celebrate the overlooked accomplishments of women throughout history and the power of female friendships and women supporting women.
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Sam Maggs
Sam Maggs (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian-American author of books, comics and video games, and is known especially for her work on The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy, Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, and Rick and Morty: Ever After.
Maggs was born in London, Ontario, Canada. She credits her parents with her love of "geeky fandom", telling the Calgary Herald that "[My] parents were both really big nerds who saw Star Wars over 20 times in theatres." She received her formative education at the Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts and London Central Secondary School.
She received her BA in English language and literature and film studies from the University of Western Ontario in 2010, where she studied Victorian literature and sensation fiction. In the fall of 2016, she appeared on the cover of the Alumni Gazette.
Along with her BA, Maggs holds an MA in literatures of modernity from Ryerson University, completed in 2011.
Maggs began her writing career as the weekend editor of the Abrams Media site Geekosystem, which was eventually consolidated into the feminist-leaning geek culture commentary site The Mary Sue. Following this merger, she took on an associate editor role.
As an entertainment journalist, Maggs has also contributed to io9, Tor.com, Time Out London, National Post, Marie Claire, The Guardian, PC Gamer, BuzzFeed, and Barnes & Noble.
While at The Mary Sue, Maggs sold her first book, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy, to Quirk Books. It was published in 2015. A second edition, titled the Fangirl's Guide to the Universe and featuring updated text and new illustrations, was released October 27, 2020. A companion guided journal, The Fangirl's Journal for Leveling Up: Conquer Your Life Through Fandoms, came out on the same day.
Maggs followed up her debut with Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors and Trailblazers Who Changed History, also from Quirk Books, in 2016. Dubbed "extraordinary" by Entertainment Weekly, the book shares the histories of notable women in the STEM fields, adventure, and espionage. In 2018, she published Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History with Quirk Books, which Booklist referred to as "impressively researched and fascinating". Both publications reflect Maggs' desire to celebrate the overlooked accomplishments of women throughout history and the power of female friendships and women supporting women.