Maia Kobabe is an American cartoonist born in 1989. Kobabe is best known for Gender Queer: A Memoir, published in 2019, an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts Kobabe's life and journey toward identifying as non-binary. Kobabe's creative work centers on themes including identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales, and homesickness. Through both visual and narrative storytelling, Kobabe explores personal and social questions in their comics and graphic novels.