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G. Willow Wilson reads and signs her new novel "Alif the Unseen"

Jun.15.2012

G. Willow Wilson reads and signs her new novel "Alif the Unseen"

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PUBLISHED: Jul.03.2012

Alif the Unseen

In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif—the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2010

Air Vol. 3: Pureland

Blythe's first test flight in Clearfleet's new hyperprax plane doesn't go as she planned. Dogged by a strange illness, she arrives at Sky 1 disoriented and off her guard before meeting an old friend who has a secret she is totally unprepared to hear. From there, out of desperatation to unravel the truth from the lies, Blythe makes a dangerous journey to the Northwest Frontier...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2010

The Butterfly Mosque

The extraordinary story of an all-American girl's conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world. When G. Willow Wilson—already an accomplished writer on modern religion and the Middle East at just twenty-seven—leaves her atheist parents in Denver to study at...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.20.2009

Air Vol. 2: Flying Machine

In this second volume, Blythe's mysterious rescuer reveals the truth behind one of the most shocking disappearances in aviation history - a secret tied to the origin of hyperprax flight. As the race to find the device begins, Blythe must master her skills as a hyperpract. But her fear of heights may get the better of her. Blythe has traveled through a country that doesn't...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.10.2009

AIR Vol. 1: Letters from Lost Countries

"I've read the first half-dozen issues of AIR and been enjoying it no end...it starts off as Rushdie and parachutes off into Pynchon." --Neil Gaiman An acrophobic stewardess is drawn into a clandestine world of flight by a man who may or may not be a terrorist. Follow Blythe as she navigates a secret war for the sky, and discovers a destiny like nothing she's ever...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.07.2007

CAIRO

Journalist G. Willow Wilson brings an extraordinary fable to Vertigo Comics with CAIRO, an original graphic novel illustrated by Turkish artist M.K. Perker, himself a contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker. Set in bustling modern-day Cairo, this magical-realism thriller interweaves the lives of a drug runner, a down-on-his-luck journalist, an American expatriate, a...

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AIR Vol. 4: A History of the Future

Blythe, a young, acrophobic stewardess, discovers a strange, new reality beyond the ordinary world of air travel. In this final AIR volume, Blythe returns to work to find a surprise: the Hyperwing 307, the sleekest and most advanced airship ever built. It will be hers to pilot – if she survives a series of baffling tests. Then, on her way to a final confrontation with the Etesians...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.14.2010

Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels

This title explores the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use...

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G. Willow's Latest Blogs

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Feb.22.2012 - 10:25 am

Upcoming Events in the Silicon Valley

Check out the official events page for Willow's upcoming appearances in February, March, and April in Silicon Valley: http://www.gwillowwilson.com/calendar.php

Feb.07.2012 - 11:55 am

New Website

The new website is live! Head over to gwillowwilson.com take a look around, read Willow's latest blog entry, and check out all of her upcoming events.

Jun.14.2011 - 9:48 am

WILLOW REVIVES 'MYSTIC' FOR MARVEL!

Starting August 2011, Willow and David Lopez (Hawkeye & Mockingbird, Fallen Angel) team up for a four-issue miniseries that reinvents one of CrossGen's flagship titles. As...

Dec.28.2010 - 12:09 pm

Willow's Wish for 2011 - A Blog Post on AOL News

Willow's wish for a better world in 2011 on AOL News: http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/27/my-wish-for-2011-a-better-world-for-my-daughter/

Comments from G. Willow

Apr.26.2009 - 8:16 pm

In response to: May Day AIRlift

Thanks all!

Appreciate it. :)

Jan.14.2009 - 1:41 pm

In response to: What Happened, How he Died

A testament to strength

I can't imagine writing such a clear and eloquent eulogy in the wake of a great loss...the fact that you did is a...

Jan.07.2009 - 12:08 am

In response to: In Praise of Mahmoud Darwish

Lovely and timely

This is beautiful. Thank you.

Dec.15.2008 - 2:21 pm

In response to: Shooing away sole-less insults

I have been instructed to

I have been instructed to rephrase my comment in a more constructive way. So here we go: as a knee-jerk liberal, I don'...

Dec.15.2008 - 12:26 pm

In response to: Shooing away sole-less insults

This is what I love about

This is what I love about American pseudo-liberals...they think that disliking Bush gives them license to patronize and...

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Article: The Qur'an and Mysticism: A Review of Craig Thompson's "Habibi"

Article: Lifeboats

Article: Meaningless Landscapes: G. Willow Wilson’s and M.K. Perker’s ‘air’

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Apr.19.2010

Published by Publishers Weekly

In this satisfying, lyrical memoir of a potentially disastrous clash between East and West, a Boulder native and Boston University graduate found an unlikely fit living in Cairo,...

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G. Willow Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges cultures and people. You should read what she writes.”

—Neil Gaiman

About G. Willow

G. Willow Wilson is an American author and essayist who divides her time between Egypt and the US. Her articles about modern religion and the Middle East have appeared in publications including the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and The Canada...

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Medicins Sans Frontiers, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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