Stephanie Williams

Stephanie Williams is a Black comic book writer who has contributed to the canons of Nubia, Storm, Moon Girl, Shuri, Wonder Woman, Wolverine, Scarlet Witch, and more, amassing writer credits in more than 30 works between DC and Marvel alone since 2021. She is the creator of the fan-comic series Living Heroes. She is one of the most celebrated voices centering Black women and girls in mainstream superhero comics, and a prolific online comics cultural voice and content creator.

In 2026, Williams received a Will Eisner Award nomination for Best Writer for her work on Temporal (Mad Cave Studios), Street Sharks (IDW), and Roots of Madness (Ignition Press). The nomination made history: she became only the second Black writer ever nominated for Best Writer in the 38-year history of the Eisner Awards, and the first Black woman ever nominated in that category. The first was Dwayne McDuffie, nominated in 1995 for Icon (Milestone Comics). Williams has cited McDuffie as one of her biggest inspirations. The 2026 Eisner class represented the most diverse nominee list in the history of the awards.