[2] While their previous experience was in writing prose rather than graphic novels, a roommate encouraged them to use the latter form for this particular story.

Thrash was interested in the possibilities offered by depicting themself visually and began practising drawing so that they could pursue the graphic format.

[4] Honor Girl is the story of writer's Maggie Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky in 2000.

The New York Times Book Review called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics.

[9] Honor Girl was a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category.