courtney cook

Courtney Cook is the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces (Tin House, 2021), a Book Riot Best Book of the Year, 2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Bisexual Nonfiction, and 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award Finalist in Nonfiction.

Her work has appeared in outlets such as TIME, The Guardian, The Rumpus, Hobart, Lunch Ticket, and Split Lip Magazine, and has been featured by McLean Hospital and other notable mental health organizations.

Courtney received her BA in Creative Writing & Literature from the University of Michigan and MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of California, Riverside.

She lives in Chicago and teaches creative writing with the help of her senior cat, Bertie.