Jody Houser is an American professional comics writer who has built a career working on adaptations and licensed properties. She gained recognition in the comics industry for her writing on the series Faith, which earned her an Eisner Award nomination in 2017. Houser served as writer on the second volume of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins, which achieved significant commercial success by becoming a New York Times bestseller in September 2020. This work demonstrated her ability to adapt existing intellectual properties for comic audiences.