Leland Myrick

Leland Myrick is an 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 (2011), 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.

Myrick was born in Missouri and currently lives in Altadena, California.

Graphic Novels

• The Sweet Collection (2000)
• Bright Elegy (2004)
• Missouri Boy (2006)
• Feynman (written by Jim Ottaviani, 2011): Biography of Richard Feynman
• Hawking (written by Jim Ottaviani, 2019): Biography of Stephen Hawking

Graphic Stories

• "Storm Coming" (9-11: Artists Respond, vol. 1, 2002)
• "Paper Airplanes" (Happy Endings, 2002)
• "Sustain This Song" (Flight, vol. 7, 2010)
• "The Collector" (Flight, vol. 8, 2011)

Novels

• The Ten (Kingdom of the Graves series, book 1, 2012)
• Mark of the Blooded (Kingdom of the Graves series, book 2, 2012)