Leland Myrick


Leland Myrick is an American author and illustrator. In 1999, he was nominated for an Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent for The Sweet Collection, and in 2004 he was awarded a Xeric Grant to create Bright Elegy. He illustrated the New York Times-bestselling Feynman, a graphic biography of Richard Feynman written by Jim Ottaviani for First Second Books. Myrick's first fantasy novel, The Ten, was named to Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2012.

Personal life and education

Myrick was born in 1961 in Missouri. He received degrees in English and counseling from the University of Missouri–St. Louis and California State University, Los Angeles. He has one child.
Myrick currently lives in St. Charles, Missouri.

Publications

Graphic novels

The Sweet Collection Bright Elegy Missouri Boy Feynman : Biography of Richard FeynmanHawking : Biography of Stephen Hawking

Graphic short stories

  • "Storm Coming"
  • "Paper Airplanes"
  • "Sustain This Song"
  • "The Collector"

Novels

The Ten
  • ''Mark of the Blooded''