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Terri Libenson
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Terri Libenson (born 1970) is an American author and cartoonist known for her newspaper comic strip The Pajama Diaries (2006—2020), which won the 70th Silver Reuben Award for best newspaper comic strip; and the graphic novel series Emmie and Friends (2017—present).
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Early life
[edit]Libenson was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1970.[1] She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's degree in illustration.[2]
Career
[edit]Libenson wrote for the greeting card company American Greetings for several years.[3] She created the syndicated comic strip The Pajama Diaries in 2006.[2][4] In May 2016, she won the 70th annual Silver Reuben Award for The Pajama Diaries, after voting by her fellow cartoonists at a ceremony in Memphis.[5]
She stopped writing The Pajama Diaries in 2019[1] to focus on children's books.[6] In her series of graphic novels known as Emmie and Friends, aimed at 12 to 14 year-olds, each of the books focuses on a Lakefront Middle School student who also appears in the other books.[7] 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.[8] The first in the series, Invisible Emmie, was published in 2017.[9] In 2020, the fourth book in the series, Becoming Brianna, was chosen as one of the youth graphic novels that defined the year by The Washington Post.[10]
Publications
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kingston cartoonist ends comic to try other projects". Access NEPA. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Positively Terri- The Voice Behind The Comic Strip". clevelandmagazine.com.
- ^ Pastore, Nolan (May 3, 2019). "Positively Terri Libenson". Scholastic Kids Press. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ "Terri Libenson's comic 'The Pajama Diaries' ending after 14 years". clevelandjewishnews.com. January 7, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "King Features Cartoonist Terri Libenson wins 'Best Newspaper Comic Strip' at NCS Reuben Awards Ceremony". King Features Syndicate. May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Alverson, Brigid. "Q & A with Terri Libenson". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Art or sport? It doesn't always have to be simply one or the other". The National. May 23, 2021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ McIntyre, Barbara. "Book Talk: 'Hot and Sour Suspects' a tasty murder mystery". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Middle school graphically defined in 'Invisible Emmie'". Mitchell Republic. December 11, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ Cavna, Michael (November 19, 2020). "2020 graphic novels and comic books: Five trends that defined the year". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "BOOK REVIEW: Middle school graphically defined in 'Invisible Emmie'". Mitchell Republic. December 11, 2017.
- ^ Barron, Christina (July 19, 2021). "KidsPost Summer Book Club: 'Just Jaime' by Terri Libenson". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ McIntyre, Barbara. "Book Talk: 'Becoming Brianna' fourth in 'Emmie and Friends' series of graphic novels". Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Libenson, Terri (September 29, 2020). You-Niquely You: an Emmie and Friends Interactive Journal. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-299838-5.
- ^ "Remarkably Ruby: There's more to everyone than meets the eye". Tucson, Ariz.: KGUN-TV. May 11, 2022. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
