Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ "BEK-dəl"; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. She created the comic strip about gay women called "Dykes to Watch Out For." She also created a graphic novel "Fun Home."The book also became a musical that won a Tony Award in 2015. In 2012, she published her second graphic book "Are You My Mother?" She won the MacArthur "Genius" Award.