Andrea Tsurumi

(they/them | sue-roo-me) is an author, illustrator and cartoonist from New York who now lives with their spouse and small, serious dog in Philadelphia. A gigantic text + image nerd, they studied sequential storytelling for an English BA at Harvard and an illustration MFA at the School of Visual Arts. While working in publishing for several years, they dove into their two big loves: indie comics and children’s books. Their first book, ACCIDENT! was an NPR Great Read and their second book, CRAB CAKE, won the Vermont Red Clover Book Award. When they're not inventing croissant-based animals, they like learning about ordinary and ridiculous history. 🏳️‍🌈🇯🇵 🇺🇸

(photo by Alexander Rothman)

Comics

  • A Week After the Wedding Believer Magazine

  • Why Would You Do That? Hic and Hoc

  • Little Nemo’s Big New Dreams anthology, TOON

  • Away Mission Once Upon a Time Machine Vol. 2, Dark Horse

  • Prometheus Eternal anthology, Philadelphia Museum of Art

  • Eavesdropper, Yakitori, Yup/Nope/What?, Behold the Killbot, How to Pool, Arrows, Graphic Canon’s Wind in the Willows

Recognition

  • Red Clover Book Award Crab Cake, 2021

  • Society of Illustrators Silver Medal, MoCCA Award, Original Art Show 2019, Annuals 58 & 60

  • Best American Comics, notables list

Contact

Children’s Books

  • There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables by Kyle Lukoff (Macmillan)

  • My Head Has a Bellyache by Chris Harris (LBYR)

  • Life Log by Lea Redmond (Chronicle)

  • Mr. Watson’s Chickens by Jarrett Dapier (Chronicle)

  • I’m On It! An Elephant & Piggie Like Reading Book (Disney-Hyperion)

  • Kondo & Kezumi Series by David Goodner (LBYR) Kondo & Kezumi Visit Giant Island (1), Kondo & Kezumi Reach Bell Bottom (2), Kondo & Kezumi Are Not Alone (3)

  • Sharko & Hippo by Elliott Kalan (HarperCollins)

  • Crab Cake (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

  • Not Your Nest! by Gideon Sterer (Penguin Random House)

  • Accident! (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

  • Girls Who Code by Reshma Saujani (Penguin Random House)