Briana Loewinsohn

Briana Loewinsohn
Briana Loewinsohn at Pegasus Books in 2026
BornBriana Miller
(1980-10-31) October 31, 1980
Berkeley, CA
AreaCartoonist, Writer
Notable works
Raised by Ghosts
Briana Loewinsohn at Comic Con Oakland 2026

Briana Loewinsohn is an artist and educator based in Oakland, CA.[1] She is an arts teacher at Bishop O'Dowd High School and is best known for her graphic memoirs Ephemera: A Memoir (2023) and Raised by Ghosts (2025).[2][1]

Loewinsohn (née Miller) created minicomics in the 2000s, and she began to make longer comics narratives during the COVID-19 lockdown with fellow teacher and artist Thien Pham.[3]

In 2023, Loewinsohn's Ephemera won the Editor's Choice Prize Nonfiction in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.[4] In 2025, Raised by Ghosts won the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book and was named one of the Best Comic for Adults by the New York Public Library.[5][6] In 2026, Raised By Ghosts won the ALA award for Outstanding Comics for Young Adults.[7]

Loewinsohn contributed to the Museum of Modern Art's Drawn to MoMA series in May 2025.[8]

Published works

  • Ephemera: A Memoir (2023): A graphic memoir reflecting on Loewinsohn's childhood and relationship with her mother.[9]
  • Raised by Ghosts (2025): A coming-of-age graphic memoir set in the 1990s.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Briana Loewinsohn". Fantagraphics.
  2. ↑ "Briana Loewinsohn". bishopodowd.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Oakland cartoonist Briana Loewinsohn's graphic memoir is an ode to handwritten notes". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ↑ "2023 Foreword INDIES Winners". www.forewordreviews.com.
  5. ↑ "These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners". BOOK RIOT. 13 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults | The New York Public Library". www.nypl.org.
  7. ↑ "The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announce 'The Boy Wonder,' 'Raised by Ghosts' and 'Teen Titans' win the inaugural Outstanding Comics for Young Adults Awards | ALA". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Briana Loewinsohn's Color Field | Magazine | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  9. ↑ Palevsky, Hagai (2023-05-30). "Living Breathing Things: An Interview with Briana Loewinsohn, Artist of Ephemera". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  10. ↑ Tsai, Luke (2025-02-21). "This East Bay Graphic Novel Celebrates the Magic of Passing Notes With Friends". www.kqed.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
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