Iconic Groups: Queer in Comics
Iconic: Iconic People
Jobs/Roles:
- Writer
Ethnicity/Nationality:
- American
- Puerto Rican
Pronouns: She/Her
Gender:
Gabby Rivera is a Puerto Rican American author and comics writer who is queer and Latina. She is the creator of the novel Juliet Takes a Breath (Riverdale Avenue Books, 2016; Dial Books, 2019) — a widely celebrated coming-of-age story about a queer Puerto Rican woman discovering feminism, community, and herself.
In comics, Rivera wrote America (Marvel, 2017-2018) — the first solo series headlined by America Chavez, a Latina, queer superheroine — making Rivera one of the first queer Latinas to write a mainstream Marvel series. She has also contributed to the anthology Variations on a Theme: A Queer Comics Anthology and other projects.
Credits:
America (Marvel Comics, 2017-2018, writer)
Juliet Takes a Breath (Dial Books, 2019)