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*In 2006, Siegel won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for ''Seadogs, An Epic Ocean Operetta'', written by Lisa Wheeler.<ref>[http://www.txla.org/TBA-winners Texas Bluebonnet Award Winners]</ref>
*In 2006, Siegel won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for ''Seadogs, An Epic Ocean Operetta'', written by Lisa Wheeler.<ref>[http://www.txla.org/TBA-winners Texas Bluebonnet Award Winners]</ref>
*In 2007, Siegel and his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel, won a [[Sibert Medal|Sibert]] Honor for ''To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel''.<ref>[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast Robert F. Sibert Medal and Honor Books, 2001-present]</ref>
*In 2007, Siegel and his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel, won a [[Sibert Medal|Sibert]] Honor for ''To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel''.<ref>[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast Robert F. Sibert Medal and Honor Books, 2001-present]</ref>
*Siegel won the 2007 [[Glyph Comics Award]] for Best Reprint Publication for ''Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda''.<ref>[http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/05/19/glyph-comic-awards-winners/ 2007 Glyph Comic Awards Winners]</ref>
*Siegel won the 2007 [[Glyph Comics Award]] for Best Reprint Publication for ''Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda''.<ref>[http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/05/19/glyph-comic-awards-winners/ 2007 Glyph Comic Awards Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314072824/http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/05/19/glyph-comic-awards-winners/ |date=2014-03-14 }}</ref>


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Revision as of 14:20, 3 June 2017

Mark Siegel
Siegel at the 2012 New York Comic Con.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker, Editor, Letterer, Colourist
Notable works
Seadogs, An Epic Ocean Operetta

To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda
"Sailor Twain: or, the Mermaid in the Hudson"

Mark Siegel (born June 2, 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)[citation needed] is known both as an author, illustrator, and as the editorial director of First Second Books, which publishes graphic novels for all ages. His books in print to date are Seadogs, An Epic Ocean Operetta (on a script by children's author Lisa Wheeler), Long Night Moon (on a script by author Cynthia Rylant) and To Dance, A Ballerina's Graphic Novel (on a script by his wife Siena Cherson Siegel) and Moving House, his first picture book as author and illustrator. Upcoming books include more children's stories, such as Oskar and the Eight Blessings (illustrator). Siegel is the author of the graphic novel for adults Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson (2012), which was serialized online starting in 2010.

Under the banner of First Second Books, located in the Flatiron Building in New York City, Siegel is the editor of works by authors and artists such as Joann Sfar, Eddie Campbell, Paul Pope, Jessica Abel and Lewis Trondheim, Jane Yolen, and Adam Rapp.

In 2006, First Second published American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, the first graphic novel ever nominated for a National Book Award, and the first ever to win the American Library Association's Edward L. Printz Award.[1][2]

Awards

  • In 2006, Siegel won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for Seadogs, An Epic Ocean Operetta, written by Lisa Wheeler.[3]
  • In 2007, Siegel and his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel, won a Sibert Honor for To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel.[4]
  • Siegel won the 2007 Glyph Comics Award for Best Reprint Publication for Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda.[5]

References

Sources

  • "Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson".

External links

Media related to Mark Siegel at Wikimedia Commons