Laura Lee Gulledge (she/ her) is an author, cartoonist, and continually striving citizen artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has created three YA graphic novels for Abrams Books, including the Eisner Award-nominated Page by Paige. Her most recent release, The Dark Matter of Mona Starr, explores mental health and depression. She has also created an interactive book of Sketchbook Dares, a (newly virtual) graphic novel musical, and customized Rest*idencies for schools as a teaching artist.