- Writer
- Canadian
- Japanese
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian comics writer and author of Japanese Canadian heritage, born and raised in Toronto. She is one of the most acclaimed writers working in literary comics and mainstream superhero publishing simultaneously.
Her graphic novels include Skim (Groundwood Books, 2008, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki) — an Eisner Award winner about a Japanese Canadian teenage girl navigating identity and first love — and This One Summer (Groundwood Books, 2014, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki) — a New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Caldecott Honor-winning coming-of-age story. At Marvel, she wrote She-Hulk, Hulk, and X-Men. At DC, she wrote Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn, Crush & Lobo, and numerous others. Her YA novel Saving Montgomery Sole and her middle-grade novel (You) Set Me on Fire are also widely read.
Tamaki received a 2026 Eisner nomination for Best Writer for This Place Kills Me (Abrams Fanfare), illustrated by Nicole Goux.
This Place Kills Me (Abrams Fanfare, 2025, writer)
This One Summer (Groundwood Books, 2014, writer)
Skim (Groundwood Books, 2008, writer)
She-Hulk (Marvel)
Hulk (Marvel)
Supergirl (DC)
Wonder Woman (DC)
Eisner Award — Best Publication for Teens, Skim (2009); Eisner Award — Best Publication for Teens, This One Summer (2015); Caldecott Honor — This One Summer (2015); New York Times Bestseller — This One Summer; 2026 Eisner Nomination — Best Writer, This Place Kills Me