| Intro | American cartoonist and illustrator |
| Is | Cartoonist |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Arts |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 8 March 1968, Philadelphia |
| Age: | 52 years |
Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968) is a cartoonist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington, whose work has been published by Fantagraphics Books and The Stranger (an alternative newspaper), among other publications. She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts.
In 2007, Forney’s I Love Led Zeppelin was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Award as Best Reality-Based Comic. She illustrated Sherman Alexie’s novel for young adults entitled The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which won the National Book Award in 2007.
Forney’s book Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir was published by Penguin Books (imprint Gotham Books) in November 2012. Fantagraphics distributed her previous autobiography, I Was Seven in ’75, in 2001. Amongst other work in Forney’s career, her collection called Lust was published in 2008.
Forney received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, where she majored in psychology.
Forney is suffering from Bipolar Disorder.
Awards
- 2013 National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis “Gradiva” winner in Art for Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir
- 2012 Stranger Genius Award winner for Literature
- 1997 Xeric Foundation
- National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 2013 “Gradiva” Awards, naap.org. Accessed online 2014-03-04.
- The Stranger Genius Awards: The Event, thestranger.com. Accessed online 2012-11-21.
- “Ellen Forney – “I’m Okay, You’re Okay!” (vol III/iss 2/February 2000)”. Sequential Tart. Retrieved 2013-08-02.