Sarah Kuhn
Kuhn at the 2017 WonderCon
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAuthor
Websiteheroinecomplex.com

Sarah Kuhn is an American author of fantasy literature best known for her Heroine Complex series featuring Asian-American superheroines.[1][2][3]

Career

Early in her career, in 2010, Kuhn wrote a rom-com novella, "One Con Glory", which garnered positive reviews from io9 and USA Today and went into development as a feature film.[4] Kuhn has written articles and essays for various genre-specific publications such as Apex Magazine, IGN.com, Back Stage, Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and the Hugo-nominated essay collection Chicks Dig Comics.[5][2]

Kuhn has also worked on Barbie comics and on a comic book continuation of the movie Clueless, which she worked on with Amber Benson and Siobhan Keenan.[6] With artist Nicole Goux, Kuhn has worked on a Batgirl/Cassandra Cain graphic novel for DC Comics.[7][8][9][10][11] Kuhn also wrote a Doctor Aphra audio drama with a full cast in 2020.[12]

Personal life

In 2011, she was selected as a finalist for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment New Writers Award and in 2018 she was one of the finalists for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Kuhn is married and lives in Los Angeles.[13]

Kuhn is of half-Japanese, quarter-German and quarter-English descent and is featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Claudia Kishi Club.[14]

Bibliography

Heroine Complex
  • Heroine Complex (2016)
  • Heroine Worship (2017)
  • Heroine's Journey (2018)
  • Unsung Heroine (2019)
  • Haunted Heroine (2020)
  • Hollywood Heroine (2021)
YA novels
  • I Love You So Mochi (2019)
  • From Little Tokyo, With Love (2021)
Graphic novels
  • Shadow of the Batgirl (2020)
  • Riverdale Diaries, vol. 1: Hello, Betty! (2020)
  • Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story (2023)

References and sources

  1. ↑ "SARAH KUHN launches her novel HEROINE COMPLEX, together with SEANAN McGUIRE and AMBER BENSON | Skylight Books". www.skylightbooks.com.
  2. 1 2 "Sarah Kuhn | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Kuhn's Heroine Series Should Be TV's Next Superhero Show". Den of Geek. 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "One Con Glory -".
  5. ↑ Kuhn, Sarah (22 March 2018). "Exclusive: Check out the awesome new cover art for Sarah Kuhn's new book Heroine's Journey". SYFY WIRE.
  6. ↑ Studios, Clockpunk. "Sarah Kuhn". Uncanny Magazine.
  7. ↑ "Sarah Kuhn". DC. 21 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. 1 June 2019.
  9. ↑ O'Connell, A. J. (12 March 2020). "10 of the Best Children's Books by Comic Creators". BOOK RIOT.
  10. ↑ "Amber Benson and Sarah Kuhn Talk the 'Clueless' Comic Book Soundtrack, And Why It's There". Comics.
  11. ↑ "New Cassandra Cain graphic novel shows Asian American girls can be Batgirl too". Los Angeles Times. 8 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original Revealed". StarWars.com. 23 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Sarah Kuhn Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level | Scholastic". www.scholastic.com.
  14. ↑ "Angry Reader of the Week: Sarah Kuhn". Angry Asian Man. Angry Asian Man. 21 August 2015.
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