Tillie Walden is a two-time Ignatz Award–winning cartoonist from Austin, Texas. Born in 1996, she is a recent graduate from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Her books include The End of Summer and I Love This Part, which was an Eisner nominee, both are from Avery Hill Publishers. Over the past few months she completed her 18 part webcomic, On A Sunbeam, which was nominated for a 2017 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. 2017 also saw the completion of her Diary comics, which was available to her Patreon subscribers. Tillie’s next graphic novel is Spinning, an autobiographical story about her days as a competitive ice skater, which will debut at SPX 2017. More of her work can be seen at tilliewalden.com. Photo courtesy David Humphries.