Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, 1982) is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist.

[5] Two years later she and her family moved to Boulder, Colorado, where Wilson continued to pursue her interest in comics and other forms of popular culture such as tabletop role-playing games.

During her sophomore year, Wilson began experiencing adrenal problems[6] and the associated discomfort resulted in her studying a number of religions, including Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

[8] After moving to Cairo, she contributed articles to the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and the National Post.

Wilson was the first Western journalist to be granted a private interview with Ali Gomaa after his promotion to the position of Grand Mufti of Egypt.

[10] Additionally, Wilson released a memoir titled The Butterfly Mosque about life in Egypt during the Mubarak regime, which was named a Seattle Times Best Book of 2010.

Wilson then wrote Mystic (2011), a four-issue miniseries for Marvel Comics with art by David Lopez.

"[26] Her March 2019 novel, The Bird King,[27] tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker.

Wilson had already had a few forays into the comic book industry, having worked on titles such as Superman and Vixen previously.

The process of crafting Kamala was detailed; both artists wished to create a teenage Muslim American girl.