Sunmi***Author/Illustrator/Cartoonist

Firebird by Sunmi. 2023.

Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories of Growing Up Trans edited by Sammy Liesel and Hazel Newlevant. The story "Robin Aguilar" is illustrated by Sunmi. 2024.

Unhappy Camper by Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu. Color design work by Sunmi. 2023.

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu. Color design work by Sunmi. 2020.

Song Of The Court by Katy Farina. Flatting assistant to colorist Ashanti Fortson. 2020.

Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales Of Sylvan Fantasy edited by Joamette Gil. Features "The Lungs of Jeju" by Sunmi. 2019.

Sunmi is an author-illustrator and multidisciplinary cartoonist based in Baltimore, MD. Their work explores emotional distances and gender deviant fantasies within a framework of queer/diasporic Korean histories and mythologies. Their debut young adult graphic novel Firebird was published with HarperAlley in 2023, and they continue to work on their second graphic novel alongside an independent zine-making and risograph printing practice that they've sustained since 2015.They received their BFA in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2017 and have since worked for clients such as HarperCollins, Hachette, The School Library Journal, CollegeHumor, Vox Media, and The Nib. They have exhibited at galleries and trade shows across the U.S. and Canada, as well as having work featured abroad in Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They have also been a visiting guest author for Lambda Literary's LGBTQ Writers in Schools program since 2023.