Maia Kobabe (/ˈmaɪə koʊˌbeɪb/, born 1989[1])[2][3] is an American cartoonist and author who wrote the memoir Gender Queer.

"[5] Kobabe's graphic nonfiction work has been featured in The Nib, The Press Democrat, and SF Weekly, among other publications.

Kobabe responded to the controversy with an opinion piece in The Washington Post, suggesting that accusers were upset less by the sexually explicit images and language than by the LGBTQ themes of the book.

[9][10] Gender Queer was listed as one of the most banned or challenged books in September 2021 by The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF).

That does hurt me.In January 2023, Scholastic acquired Saachi's Stories by Kobabe and Lucky Srikumar[17] "in a six-figure auction".