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Kate Gavino


Kate Gavino is the author and illustrator of Last Night’s Reading (Penguin, 2015) and the graphic novel, Sanpaku (Archaia/BOOM, 2018). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Believer, Longreads, Oprah.com, and more. She was both the greatest and the worst editorial assistant.

Books by Kate Gavino

A Career in Books

A Career in Books is a graphic novel for everyone who's wanted to "work with books" and had NO idea what it entailed. It's for those who were taken aback by that first paycheck. It's for those who wanted a literary career even in the face of systemic racism, who dealt with the unique challenges of coming from an immigrant family, and whose group chat is their lifeline.

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