Bio: Ariel Schrag was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California. She is the author of the graphic novels Awkward, Definition, Potential and Likewise, which chronicle her four years at Berkeley High School. Potential was nominated for an Eisner award and is currently being developed into a feature film. The books are published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.

Schrag is also the editor of and a contributor to the anthology Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age, published by Viking.

Schrag was a writer for seasons 3 and 4 of the hit Showtime series The L Word.

She lives in Los Angeles.

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Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
Likewise: The High School Comics Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
Potential: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age

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