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Raina Telgemeier

American

May 26, 1977

Cartoonist

I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling.

Raina Telgemeier

Tags: People About Always

I was kind of a cross between Kristy and Mary Anne among 'The Baby-Sitters Club' characters. I was shy, but I was also kind of a tomboy, and I was really good at sticking my foot in my mouth even though I was shy.

Raina Telgemeier

Tags: Good Really Even

When I was doing 'Smile,' I was looking back at pictures of myself and going, 'Thank goodness I couldn't do the sprayed-bangs thing! Everybody's so embarrassed by that hairstyle now, but I was never cool enough to pull it off!'

Raina Telgemeier

Tags: Cool Smile Never

All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.

Raina Telgemeier

Tags: Smile Like Just