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Raina Telgemeier Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Raina Telgemeier Biography

Raina Telgemeier is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on May 26, 1977 in San Francisco, California, United States. Cartoonist who created Smile (A Dental Drama) webcomic. It was published by Scholastic Press’s Graphix in 2010 as a graphic novel.

She has created graphic novels adaptations of several books from She created graphic novel adaptations of several books in Ann Martin‘s young adult series The Baby-Sitters Club.’s young adult series The Baby-Sitters Club.

Raina Telgemeier (born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile (A Dental Drama), which was published by Scholastic Press’s Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February 2010. Smile, as well as the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, have all been on The New York Times Best Seller lists. She has also written and illustrated Ghosts and four graphic novels adapted from The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin. A sequel to Telgemeier’s Smile and Sisters titled Guts was released in fall 2019.

After graduating from SVA, Telgemeier began attending small-press festivals such as the MoCCA Festival, selling self-published autobiographical stories and vignettes from her life. She produced seven mini-comics issues in the Take-Out series between 2002 and 2005. Each was a twelve-page black-and-white comic. Other early works include a short story in Bizarro World for DC Comics, and a short story in Volume 4 of the Flight anthology.

She is the sister of Amara and Will. In the early 2000s, she married fellow cartoonist She has a sister named Amara and a brother named Will. She married fellow cartoonist Dave Roman in the early 2000s..

NameRaina Telgemeier
First NameRaina
Last NameTelgemeier
OccupationCartoonist
BirthdayMay 26
Birth Year1977
Place of BirthSan Francisco
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignTaurus
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsAmara Telgemeier, Will Telgemeier
SpouseDave Roman
Children(s)Not Available

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In 2004, Telgemeier met an editor from Scholastic at an art gallery party who mentioned that Scholastic was planning to set up a graphic novel imprint (which later became Graphix). At that year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Telgemeier met that editor’s boss, who invited her to pitch an idea for Scholastic. When Telgemeier mentioned she had been a fan of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club series, they asked her to work up a graphic novel adaptation. Scholastic/Graphix went on to publish four graphic novels in the series: Kristy’s Great Idea, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, and Claudia and Mean Janine. The advances for the adaptations allowed Telgemeier to quit her full-time job and concentrate on her art, and she completed the fourth novel in 2008.

Raina Telgemeier Net Worth

Raina Telgemeier is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raina Telgemeier's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In her youth, she sustained a severe injury to her mouth and had to undergo years of orthodontics and dental work.

Her 2013 book Drama was awarded a Stonewall Book Award.

Telgemeier was born May 26, 1977, in San Francisco. to parents Denis and Sue. She has two younger siblings, Amara and William.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeCartoonist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Telgemeier was nominated for the 2005 Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, and the 2003 Ignatz Award in the categories of Promising New Talent and Outstanding Mini-comic. She was awarded Friends of Lulu’s Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2003. She has twice been nominated for the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Award for Outstanding Slice-of-Life webcomic, for her webcomic Smile (A Dental Drama). In 2015, she won the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist for her graphic novel Sisters.

Telgemeier was married to fellow cartoonist Dave Roman from 2006 to 2015.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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With that encouragement, she studied illustration at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), and graduated in 2002.

In August 2009, Del Rey Manga released X-Men: Misfits, which Telgemeier co-authored with her then-husband, Dave Roman.

Who is Raina Telgemeier Dating?

According to our records, Raina Telgemeier married to Dave Roman . As of December 1, 2023, Raina Telgemeier’s is not dating anyone.

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The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel Kristy’s Great Idea was picked by YALSA for their 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, as well as the ALA’s Booklist 2007 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth list.

Facts & Trivia

Raina Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Raina Telgemeier celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

Smile, her graphic novel based on her webcomic, is a 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor title. This is the first time a graphic novel has been nominated for or won this award. Smile was a 2010 New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2010, a 2011 ALA Notable Children’s Book, a 2011 YALSA Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens pick, and a Children’s Choice Book Award Finalist. In 2011, the book won the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens.

Is Raina Telgemeier making a new book in 2022?

Sisters: A Graphic Novel Paperback – April 5, 2022.

Is Raina Telgemeier making a new book?

I’m so thrilled to finally share with you not one, but TWO new projects coming from me in 2019! The first is Share Your Smile, a how-to-make-comics journal and guidebook, featuring tips, tricks, and story prompts! That will be released on April 30th! The second is my long-anticipated new graphic novel, GUTS.

What is Raina Telgemeier most popular book?

  • Smile. by Telgemeier, Raina. Graphic Novel – 2010. …
  • Drama. by Telgemeier, Raina. Graphic Novel – 2012. …
  • Sisters. by Telgemeier, Raina. Graphic Novel – 2014. …
  • The Baby-sitters Club. 2, The Truth About Stacey : A Graphic Novel. …
  • Claudia and Mean Janine. A Graphic Novel.

Is Raina Telgemeier still alive?

She currently lives in San Francisco, California.

How long does it take to read smile?

The average reader, reading at a speed of 300 WPM, would take 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Smile by Raina Telgemeier.

You may read full biography about Raina Telgemeier from Wikipedia.