Tessa Hulls
| Tessa Hulls | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 41–42) |
| Area | Cartoonist, Artist |
Notable works | Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography, 2025 Eisner Award, 2025 |
| tessahulls | |
Tessa Hulls (born 1984)[1] is an American graphic novelist, painter, journalist, illustrator, and writer.[2] She won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography,[3] Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, National Books Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Graphic Memoir[4] for her book, Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir.[5][6]
Life
Hulls grew up in Point Reyes Station, Northern California.[7] She graduated from Reed College with an art degree and her senior thesis focused on aesthetics of community and rebellion.[8] She was a member of the Seattle CHOP protest group.[9]
Hulls is an active traveller, who has adapted some of her voyages into comic journals.[1] In 2023, she published her autobiographical graphic novel Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, about the troubled lives of her Chinese grandmother, mother and herself.[1]
She traveled in China with her mother. In 2024, she moved to Juneau, Alaska.[10]
She is the sister of Life360 co-founder Chris Hulls.[11]
Works
- Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir. Picador. 2023. ISBN 978-0-3746-0165-2.
References
- ^ a b c "Tessa Hulls". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved Dec 19, 2025.
- ^ Ito, Robert (2024-03-01). "A Writer's To-Do List: Learn History. Learn Chinese. Learn to Draw Comics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Tessa Hulls won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book. It'll also be her last". CBC Books. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ Spratford |, Sam. "Hulls, Sacco, Yang Take Home 2025 Eisner Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
- ^ "Alaska-based author and artist Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Kitamura, Katie. "Shelf Awareness for Friday, March 21, 2025". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Brooks, James (2025-05-06). "From Alaska Capitol's cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize". Alaska Beacon. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Reed College Art Students, Tessa Hulls".
- ^ Vansynghel &, Margo; Flores, Agueda Pacheco; Edwards, Dorothy. "Meet the citizen journalists inside Seattle's CHOP | Cascade PBS". www.cascadepbs.org. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Sabbatini, Mark (2025-05-04). "Juneau author Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Dickinson, Boonsri (June 20, 2011). "Life360 turns your smartphone into a lifeline". CNET.
A few months ago, Tessa Hulls ventured on a cross-country bike trip from San Diego to the East Coast.... A couple of days ago, her brother Chris Hulls was curious about his sister's whereabouts.