Opting Out
middle_grade_graphic_novel · First published 2026
Author guide
Maia Kobabe Books in Order
Maia Kobabe is a nonbinary queer cartoonist and author from the San Francisco Bay Area. Kobabe's work explores gender, sexuality, identity, censorship, antifascism, and pop-culture fandom. Kobabe is the author and illustrator of Gender Queer: A Memoir, co-author of the nonfiction graphic guide Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding with Sarah Peitzmeier, and co-author of the middle-grade graphic novel Opting Out with Swati "Lucky" Srikumar.
graphic memoirnonfiction comicsgraphic novelsmiddle-grade fictionLGBTQ+ literature
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Gender Queer: A Memoir
Kobabe's first full-length book and foundational graphic memoir.
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Novels (1)
- Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
nonfiction_graphic_guide · 2024
A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling Gender Queer author MAIA KOBABE and University of Michigan professor SARAH PEITZMEIER. Breathe arose from the need for a resource for…
Nonfiction (1)
- Gender Queer: A Memoir
graphic_memoir · 2019
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about…
Children's books (1)
- Opting Out
middle_grade_graphic_novel · 2026