In 2003, shortly before her graduation, Wilson agreed to teach English in Cairo. After studying Judaism she focused on Islam, which appealed to her because 'to become a Muslim is sort of a deal between you and God.' The 9/11 terrorist attack set back her religious studies – fearing she had misjudged the religion – but she later resumed her studies. During her sophomore year, Wilson began experiencing adrenal problems and the associated discomfort resulted in her studying a number of religions, including Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Two years later she and her family moved to Boulder, Colorado, where Wilson continued to pursue her interest in comics and other forms of popular culture such as tabletop role-playing games.Īfter high school, Wilson attended Boston University to pursue a degree in history. The characters fascinated her and she began watching the cartoon X-Men every Saturday. Wilson first encountered comics when she read an anti-smoking pamphlet featuring the X-Men in the fifth grade. Her parents were atheists who renounced Protestantism in the late 1960s, hence Wilson was not raised in a religious household. However, in an interview with Newsrama in 2013, she erroneously said she was born in Morris County and spent the first ten years of her life there. Wilson lived in the county until she was 12. Wilson was born on August 31, 1982, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and grew up in Morganville.

Her work is most often categorized as magical realism. Marvel title for Marvel Comics starring a 16-year-old Muslim superhero named Kamala Khan. She is most well known for relaunching the Ms. Her best-known prose works include the novels Alif the Unseen and The Bird King. Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, 1982) is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist.

A-Force (2015) #2 by G. Willow Wilson