Nationality American Area(s) Writer | Name Matthew Sturges Role Writer | |
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Notable works Jack of FablesShadowpact Books The Office of Shadow, House of Mystery Vol 2: Lo, Jack of Fables: The bad, Midwinter, Blue Beetle: Boundaries Similar People Bill Willingham, Tony Akins, Mark Buckingham, Andrew Pepoy, Steve Leialoha | ||
Matthew Sturges Life
Lilah Sturges (born Matthew Sturges, October 1970 in Rhode Island) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels. She is best known for co-writing with Bill Willingham the Eisner-award-nominated Jack of Fables, and other comics published by Vertigo Comics / DC Comics.
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Career
In the 1990s, Sturges was a member of the writers' collective Clockwork Storybook, which also included Willingham, Chris Roberson, and Mark Finn.
Beginning in 2006, she and Willingham co-wrote the 50-issue Jack of Fables (a spin-off from Willingham's popular Fables series). In 2008 she began writing the 42-issue House of Mystery as well. After signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics later that year, Sturges wrote Blue Beetle from #29 to its end with #36, and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! featuring the Human Flame. In 2009 she partnered again with Willingham writing Justice Society of America beginning with issue #29.
She is the author of two novels—Midwinter (2009) and its sequel The Office of Shadow (2010)—and a book of short horror fiction, Beneath the Skin and Other Stories (2000).
Personal life
Sturges was born in October 1970, assigned male gender, and named Matthew. In December 2016, Sturges announced via her Twitter and Facebook accounts that she is a transgender woman, and has adopted the name Lilah. She has 2 daughters, Emerson and Camille Sturges.